Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Ernest Floyer, Unexplored Baluchistan – London, 1882 – Woodburytype of the Author, Illustrations and a Folding Map – First Edition
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Unexplored Baluchistan. A survey, with observations astronomical, geographical, botanical, etc., of a route through Mekran, Bashkurd, Persia, Kurdistan, and Turkey, by Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer. London: Griffith & Farran, 1882. First edition. English.
Illustrated with a woodburytype frontispiece (the author and his Baluch servant), 11 prints (ten plates, one in-text) depicting various views and sites, and a folding map (printed in color), showing the author's route.
[1] f., XVII, [2], 507 pp. (including 7 pages with prints) + [4] plates + [1] frontispiece + [1] folding map, 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears to folding map. Minor blemishes. Stains and blemishes to binding. Spine torn (with much loss) and crumbling. Front board and several gatherings detached.
Illustrated with a woodburytype frontispiece (the author and his Baluch servant), 11 prints (ten plates, one in-text) depicting various views and sites, and a folding map (printed in color), showing the author's route.
[1] f., XVII, [2], 507 pp. (including 7 pages with prints) + [4] plates + [1] frontispiece + [1] folding map, 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears to folding map. Minor blemishes. Stains and blemishes to binding. Spine torn (with much loss) and crumbling. Front board and several gatherings detached.
Travelogues, Studies of Palestine, Maps
Travelogues, Studies of Palestine, Maps