Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt
by ANNESLEY (GEORGE, Viscount Valentia)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Brugge, Belgium
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About This Item
London: printed for William Miller, by W. Bulmer, 1809. First edition. Valentia accompanied the British mission to Abyssinia, to secure a port on the Red Sea in order to consolidate British defenses, in case Napoleon should try to seize Egypt. Includes good descriptions of Lucknow, Benares, Seringapatam, Madras and Ceylon, and an overview of the inhabitants and history of the Abyssinian regions of Aksum and Adwa. 3 vol. in-4°, xiv, 495 + iv, 520 + iii, 506 pp. (28,5 x 22 cm), half-titles, 69 engraved plates and maps (12 folding, many after Henry Salt), advertisement leaf for "24 Views..." at the end of volume 3, occasional dampstaining, one or two short repairs, modern half calf reusing early boards travel|egypte
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- Bookseller
- Antiquariaat Marc Van de Wiele (BE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10842
- Title
- Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt
- Author
- ANNESLEY (GEORGE, Viscount Valentia)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition. Valentia accompanied the British mission to Abyss
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for William Miller, by W. Bulmer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
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About Antiquariaat Marc Van de Wiele
In 1976 Marc Van de Wiele rents a small shop in Prinsenhof, in Bruges. In 1977 he marries Anette. They move to the Sint-Salvatorskoorstraat, very close to the Simon Stévin square, a few years later.
In 1992, they buy and renovate a historical building on the corner of the Sint-Salvatorskerkhof and the Heilige Geeststraat.
Since forty years Marc Van de Wiele specialises in illustrated books from the 15th till the 20th century: books of hours, incunabula, natural history, atlases, medical books and books of artists. In 2004 Nathalie Van de Wiele (degree in romance languages) came into the business.
In 1992, they buy and renovate a historical building on the corner of the Sint-Salvatorskerkhof and the Heilige Geeststraat.
Since forty years Marc Van de Wiele specialises in illustrated books from the 15th till the 20th century: books of hours, incunabula, natural history, atlases, medical books and books of artists. In 2004 Nathalie Van de Wiele (degree in romance languages) came into the business.
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