[Exploration] Keppell, Captain George. Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, in the Year 1824. Henry Colburn, London, 1827. 2 volumes. 8vo, xii 336 vii 326 incl. index pp., contemporary finely ribbed calf with gilt borders, raised bands, decorative spine panels with red title and black volume labels, moderate edgewear and wear at heads of spines both volumes, joints working, marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with hand colored lithograph frontispieces both volumes, folding map Volume I and full page architectural tinted plate in Volume I, 8 text illustrations. Second edition in 1827 had 11 pages of ads.Atabey 631; Blackmer 908; Not in Abbey, Travel.Minor rubbing, joints starting. Occasional spotting.

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