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Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass, First Edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 4pp. of advertisements ("Oriental Works Lately Imported by Black, Parry & Co. Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company", 1 July 1814) at end, 3 small spots on title but generally very clean, half red morocco gilt by Roger de Coverley [Abbey Travel 517; Lust 386], 4to, J. Nichols, 1814. The views include India, Malaysia, Macao, Canton and St Helena.Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), bookplate of Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.
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Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China: Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena
by James Wathen
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Homes Of Our Forefathers, Boston: Boston, Old England and Boston, New England
by Edwin Whitefield
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8vo, pp. [5],3-5,9-[139]pp. including sixty-three chromolithographic plates (including frontispiece) and one heliochrome plate. Large quarto. Bound in original green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt.The "heliochrome, " printed by the Heliotype Printing Co., is an early example of a colored photographic plate print, as in the plate of the Old State House.
Very nice copy of landmark architectures of Boston in England and Boston in the US. Bookplate of previous owner inside. Minor tear in upper right hand corner of a blank page. Illustrations and internal pages are in near fine conditions.
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