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Auction archive: Lot number 29

Raffles (Lady Sophia). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$282 - US$423
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 29

Raffles (Lady Sophia). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$282 - US$423
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Raffles (Lady Sophia). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824; with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence, 2 volumes, new edition, London: James Duncan 1835, portrait frontispiece to first volume, one folding uncoloured aquatint plate of the Rafflesia Arnoldi (the stinking corps lily native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo), the second volume with folding facsimile letter at front, and 2 folding engraved maps (Sketch of the Island of Singapore, & Map of the Indian Archipelago), mottled edges, contemporary uniform brown half calf, spines gilt with maroon morocco labels, a few minor marks (otherwise a very good copy), 8vo (Qty: 2)

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
16 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Raffles (Lady Sophia). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824; with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence, 2 volumes, new edition, London: James Duncan 1835, portrait frontispiece to first volume, one folding uncoloured aquatint plate of the Rafflesia Arnoldi (the stinking corps lily native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo), the second volume with folding facsimile letter at front, and 2 folding engraved maps (Sketch of the Island of Singapore, & Map of the Indian Archipelago), mottled edges, contemporary uniform brown half calf, spines gilt with maroon morocco labels, a few minor marks (otherwise a very good copy), 8vo (Qty: 2)

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
16 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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