The History of Hindostan; Translated From The Persian. The Second Edition, Revised, Altered, Corrected, And Greatly Enlarged. In Two Volumes.

DOW, Alexander:

Verlag: London, T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, 1770 2nd

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Two Volumes. Large hardbacks, 10.5 x 8.5 inches. In full speckled calf leather fine bindings, with gilt and raised banding to spines, and red and black leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Red speckled page edges, plain endpapers. Gilt edge dentelles. In very good condition. Edges rubbed, corners bumped with chips to a couple of corners. Partial crack to front hinge on vol.1. Endpapers darkened around edges and slightly creased on free-leaf in vol.1. Neat inscriptions to endpapers ?M. Haddock.? Some areas of minor light foxing else pages overall very clean and tight. Bar one area of heavier foxing between p121-7 in v.1. A couple of faint water stains, along top margins of a couple of plates in v.1. including frontis, and staining to v.2. frontis. Else plates clean and bright. Else very good clean and tight early editions. 2 vols: 350 & 403pp. + Preface 18pp, Dissertation 65pp, & 1pp advert page in vol.2. Illustrated with 5 full-page B&W engraved plates, including 2 frontis plates. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 90594

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Titel: The History of Hindostan; Translated From ...

Verlag: London, T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, 1770 2nd