The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages, and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. by Malcolm, Sir John - 1815

London: John Murray. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1829. Three-Quarter Leather. Good+ three quarter leather edition. The hinges are beginning to crack, but are holding tight. The marbled boards are rubbed and the corner tips are slightly bumped. Spine leather has some chipping. Light foxing to text and endpapers. No previous owner's marks. Volume 2 Only! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 589 pages .

London: Printed for John Murray, 1815. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 31.5x25. Collation, xxii,[2],644pp, vii,[1],715,[1]pp, complete with 22 plates, folding map. Bound in full leather. Both volumes have been rebacked, retaining the original diced boards, raised bands, gilt lines, leather labels, boards have outer dentells, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Boards rubbed, with some wear on edges, and corner. Both bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, school library bookplate. A couple of pages have a single letter/number stamp, [ probably a shelve number], map has a short closed split on folds, repair to edges, some occasional spotting, mainly to plates. Pages and plates in good ondition. A nice well bound set. . Full Leather. Very Good. Quarto.

London, 1815. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London, printed by James Moyes for John Murray and Longman & Co, 1815). First UK Edition. Two volumes, half titles present in both volumes, 24 copper engravings on 23 plates including the large folding map of "Persia and Adjacent Countries" as called for, 4to, errata leaves in both volumes, contemporary blind-stamped full brown calf, titles in gilt on green morocco spine labels, three raised bands to the spine all edges marbled, attractive book plate in volume 1. On the rear of the front free end-paper of each volume there is a discreet bookstore stamp: "Thacker & Co Ld., Bombay" from whom presumably these two volumes were originally bought. Vol 1 is a fine copy. Vol 2 is very good indeed with a short tear in the leather at the top right hand corner of the spine. The interiors of both volumes are clean and complete with minimal foxing just creeping in a few places. Brunet refers to this book as an "ouvrage importante" based on the author's three… Read More

London: Printed for John Murray, and Longman and Co, 1815. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Two volumes bound in four. Folio (approximately 36 cm x 27 cm.). Bound without half-titles. Large folding map. Bound in later buckram, with morocco spine labels. Ex-private club library with paper spine labels and bookplates (stamped "withdrawn") in each volume. The only other marking is a small stamp on the verso of the folded map. Labels quite eroded, else sound very good copies, and internally fine. Map has a small tear, very light foxing (almost completely confined to the margins), and a small repair on the verso of the map. A tall copy with very little trimming to the margins. Probably a very good candidate for rebinding.