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Lot 739 · Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

a geographical memoir of the persian empire, accompanied by a map. london: john murray, 1813, first edition, 4to (296 x 225mm.), viii, 486pp., [ii pp. errata/adverts], contemporary calf, full gilt spine, red title and date labels, grey endpapers

John Macdonald Kinneir

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£3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,459–$7,432
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P, London · 19 March 2015
Dimensions
1290 x 980mm
Record ID
TB-2026-4337634
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John Macdonald Kinneir, a geographical memoir of the persian empire, accompanied by a map. london: john murray, 1813, first edition, 4to (296 x 225mm.), viii, 486pp., [ii pp. errata/adverts], contemporary calf, full gilt spine, red title and date labels, grey endpapers. Sotheby's, 19 Mar 2015, lot 739. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4337634.

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John Macdonald Kinneir, a geographical memoir of the persian empire, accompanied by a map. london: john murray, 1813, first edition, 4to (296 x 225mm.), viii, 486pp., [ii pp. errata/adverts], contemporary calf, full gilt spine, red title and date labels, grey endpapers. Sotheby's, 19 Mar 2015, lot 739. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4337634.

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