07-20-201807-21-2018
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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3117BBoston
July 20, 2018 12:00 PMCalender
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Wheler, George (1650-1723) A Journey into Greece.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3117BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 20, 2018 12:00PM

Description:

Wheler, George (1650-1723) A Journey into Greece. London: for William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, and Ansham Churchill, 1682. First edition, folio, lacking the folding map, illustrated with text engravings, and six additional engraved plates extraneous to the collation (of which four are full-page plates of coins and two are printed on smaller slips of paper),bound in full modern calf, ex libris E.S. & H. Lloyd, with bookplate, 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.

[pi]1, A2, a-b2, B-L4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Ppp4, Qqq2.
http://estc.bl.uk/R9388
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Lacking the folding map.


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Keywords

Ansham Churchill, Robert Kettlewell, William Cademan, Greece, London