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Auction archive: Lot number 30

GLADWIN, Francis. The Persian Moonshee, Calcutta and London, The Oriental Press, 1801, revised edition, 4°, text in English, Persioan, and Arabic, some engraved, "cast by Vincent Figgis," advertisement leaves of Oriental books, published by J. Debret...

Auction 05.02.1993
5 Feb 1993
Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$215 - US$287
Price realised:
£154
ca. US$221
Auction archive: Lot number 30

GLADWIN, Francis. The Persian Moonshee, Calcutta and London, The Oriental Press, 1801, revised edition, 4°, text in English, Persioan, and Arabic, some engraved, "cast by Vincent Figgis," advertisement leaves of Oriental books, published by J. Debret...

Auction 05.02.1993
5 Feb 1993
Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$215 - US$287
Price realised:
£154
ca. US$221
Beschreibung:

GLADWIN, Francis. The Persian Moonshee, Calcutta and London, The Oriental Press, 1801, revised edition, 4°, text in English, Persioan, and Arabic, some engraved, "cast by Vincent Figgis," advertisement leaves of Oriental books, published by J. Debrett in London, bound in at rear (title lightly soiled), contemporary calf (worn, lower cover lacking) [cf. Lowndes 897: "an invaluable work"] -- [ATKINSON, John Augustus ] Sixteen Scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life, by one of the Wretched, London, by Wm. Miller, 1807, sm. oblong 4°, hand-coloured etched title vignette and 15 plates only (lacks final plate), original boards, with paper title label on upper cover (soiled (spine worn [Abbey Life 259: "Unusually distinguished draughtsmanship for this type of publication;" Prideaux p. 319]; and 2 others. (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
5 Feb 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

GLADWIN, Francis. The Persian Moonshee, Calcutta and London, The Oriental Press, 1801, revised edition, 4°, text in English, Persioan, and Arabic, some engraved, "cast by Vincent Figgis," advertisement leaves of Oriental books, published by J. Debrett in London, bound in at rear (title lightly soiled), contemporary calf (worn, lower cover lacking) [cf. Lowndes 897: "an invaluable work"] -- [ATKINSON, John Augustus ] Sixteen Scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life, by one of the Wretched, London, by Wm. Miller, 1807, sm. oblong 4°, hand-coloured etched title vignette and 15 plates only (lacks final plate), original boards, with paper title label on upper cover (soiled (spine worn [Abbey Life 259: "Unusually distinguished draughtsmanship for this type of publication;" Prideaux p. 319]; and 2 others. (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
5 Feb 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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