Vincent, William (1739-1815) The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea Part One [& Two].

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Vincent, William (1739-1815) The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea Part One [& Two]. London: T. Cadell Jr. and W. Davies, 1800-1805.
First editions, two quarto volumes, illustrated with a frontispiece in volume one, three folding charts, a folding typographical table, and two full-paged plates; and in volume two with a folding chart as frontis, and two additional folding charts; bound in contemporary uniform speckled armorial calfskin, ex libris J.A. Stuart Wortley and Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, with their bookplates; neatly rebacked with red and green labels, boards rubbed, foxing to frontispieces, titles, and intermittently, affecting text and plates, 11 x 8 1/2 in. (2)
Estimate $300-500


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