Estimate: | £700 - £1,000 |
Hammer price: | £750 |
BEAUFORT, Francis (1774-1857). Karamania, or a Brief Description of the South Coast of Asia=Minor and of the Remains of Antiquity. With Plans, Views ...Collected during a Survey of that Coast, under the Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Years 1811 and 1812. London: Printed for R. Hunter, 1817. 8vo (205 x 132mm). Engraved frontispiece and 6 plates and maps, one folding, engraved vignettes, with final leaf [X2] (“List of the Plates …”) which is sometimes lacking (occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with green morocco lettering-piece (skilfully repaired). Provenance: Lord Dinorben (armorial bookplate); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Atabey 81; Blackmer 103; Weber I, 45.