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Park, Mungo Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
Park, Mungo Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
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Park, Mungo Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa London: W. Bulmer and Co. for the author, 1799. First edition, 4to (28.2 x 22cm), 20th-century half calf, edges untrimmed, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 plates, 3 folding maps, postscript leaf and 2 leaves of engraved music bound after title-page, toning, maps offset [ESTC N13836]; Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig. Travels in Arabia, comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as Sacred. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 2 volumes, 8vo (21 x 12cm), modern half sheep, pp. xxii 452, [2] 431, 5 engraved folding maps and plans (including Mecca and Medina), no half-titles (if issued), spotting and damp-staining to maps and plans, large route map repaired, ink-stamps of Stirling District Library to title and final page of each volume [Blackmer 239; Macro 627]; Laborde, Léon de. Journey through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition in English, 8vo, original cloth, all plates and maps as called for (engraved or lithographic), 8 + 4 pp. advertisements to rear, contemporary gift inscription to initial blank, binding sunned [Macro 1386]; Stothert, William. A Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810, & 1811, in Spain and Portugal, interspersed with Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners. London: P. Martin, 1812. First edition, 8vo (21.3 x 12.3cm), contemporary blue half roan, engraved folding map frontispiece, errata leaf, quire H nicked and torn at foot (text intact); and 2 others: John Drinkwater, A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar, 1790 (4th edition, 4to, contemporary blue half roan, 10 engraved folding maps and plates, spotted, map facing p. 205 with repaired closed tear, text not collated); and a photograph album, c.1880, albumen prints, including views of Halifax (Novia Scotia), Kingston (Jamaica), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), St Vincent, railway construction on the Rio Blanco in Honduras, Newcastle Barracks (Jamaica), and an inspection of the West India Regiment (Jamaica), these all 20 x 13cm, red half morocco binding (7)

Note: Second edition of Burckhardt's work, presumed to follow the quarto edition published the same year.
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