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Auction archive: Lot number 1

THREE BOOKS ON EARLY TRAVELS

Auction 12.06.1996
12 Jun 1996
Estimate
US$500 - US$600
Price realised:
US$1,610
Auction archive: Lot number 1

THREE BOOKS ON EARLY TRAVELS

Auction 12.06.1996
12 Jun 1996
Estimate
US$500 - US$600
Price realised:
US$1,610
Beschreibung:

THREE BOOKS ON EARLY TRAVELS TAVERNIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. TRAVELS IN INDIA London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925. Vol.I 335pp., Vol. II 399pp. PENZER, N.M., editor SIR JOHN CHARDIN'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA London: The Argonaut Press, 1927. 287pp. "This edition of Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia is the third publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon Vellum, numbered 1 to 975. The design appearing on the title-page is from an old Persian tile. The volume has been printed by Walter Lewis, M.A., at the University Press, Cambridge, in the year 1927. This copy is Number 730." PENZER, N.M., editor THE ITINERARY OF LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA OF BOLOGNA FROM 1502 TO 1508 London: The Argonaut Press, 1928. 121pp. "This edition of The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna is the fourth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon Vellum, numbered 1 to 975....This copy is Number 322." (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

THREE BOOKS ON EARLY TRAVELS TAVERNIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. TRAVELS IN INDIA London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925. Vol.I 335pp., Vol. II 399pp. PENZER, N.M., editor SIR JOHN CHARDIN'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA London: The Argonaut Press, 1927. 287pp. "This edition of Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia is the third publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon Vellum, numbered 1 to 975. The design appearing on the title-page is from an old Persian tile. The volume has been printed by Walter Lewis, M.A., at the University Press, Cambridge, in the year 1927. This copy is Number 730." PENZER, N.M., editor THE ITINERARY OF LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA OF BOLOGNA FROM 1502 TO 1508 London: The Argonaut Press, 1928. 121pp. "This edition of The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna is the fourth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon Vellum, numbered 1 to 975....This copy is Number 322." (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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