Natural History & Travel Books
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Lot 442: Baring (T.) A Tour through Italy, Sicily, Istria,
Baring (T.) A Tour through Italy, Sicily, Istria, Carniola, The Tyrol, and Austria, in 1814, second edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, offsetting on to title, modern boards, [Pine-Coffin 814 "the first edition appears not to be recorded"], [...more]
Lot 443: Birch (W.) A Journal of a Voyage up the
Birch (W.) A Journal of a Voyage up the Mediterranean, including...accounts of...the Coasts of Spain, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Egypt, &c. in the Years 1810, 11, and 12, Kept On Board H.M.S. Thames, first edition, ink ownership inscription 'Charles Heske [...more]
Lot 444: Blunt (Rev. John James) Vestiges of Ancient
Blunt (Rev. John James) Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily, half-title, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine gilt, in compartments, joints cracking, head of spine defective with loss, 1823 ยง Irvin [...more]
Lot 445: [Boid (Capt. Edward)] Travels through Sicily and
[Boid (Capt. Edward)] Travels through Sicily and the Lipari Islands, in the Month of December, 1824...by a Naval Officer, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 11 plates, 4 hand-coloured, some offsetting, occasional foxing, contemporary half c [...more]
Lot 446: Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta.
Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of letters to William Beckford, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, ink ownership inscriptions to titles, engraved bookplates of Thomas Earl of Hadinton, contemporary polished calf, spine [...more]
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