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This is a sammelband of 5 works by Basil Hall, John L. Stephens and Izaak Walton. They are bound in full black polished calf with some gilt decoration. There is moderate wear to the covers and spine. The contents are near fine. Thee is a bookplate of a former owner on the front pastedown. The titles bound together here are :" EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL WRITTEN ON THE COASTS OF CHILI, PERU, AND MEXICQ IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821 1822." (in 2 parts) by Hall and " NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO JAVA, CHINA, AND THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND. WITH ACCOUNTS OF SIR MURRAY MAXWELL'S ATTACK ON THE CHINESE BATTERIES, AND OF AN INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. AT ST. HELENA. " also by Hall. , "INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA, AND POLAND. " by Stephens and "INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN EGYPT, ARABIA PETREA, AND THE HOLY LAND. " also by Stephens, "THE LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT, AND SANDERSON. " by Walton. The two works by Stephens are published here after their first publication a few years earlier, but before his most famous works on his two trips to Chiapas and Yucatan. Together a nice collection of travel works and biographies by well known writers. Seller Inventory # 2692
Title: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO JAVA, CHINA, AND ...
Publisher: EDWARD MOXON, LONDON
Publication Date: 1840
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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