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European travel and historyA collection of 13 volumes, including:Swinburne (Henry) Travels Through Spain in the years 1775 and 1776, First edition, 13 plates, plate at p.183 with closed tear, lacking map, contents and errata leaf, some spotting, bookplate of Middleton Park (Earl of Jersey) to front pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt morocco lettering label to spine, rubbed, some splitting to spine and small loss at head, P. Elmsly, 1779; Boswell (James) An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to that Island, and the Memoirs of Pascal Paoli., Edward and Charles Dilly, portrait frontispiece, folding map, ink prices and signature ‘Capel Lofft 1769 Windsor’ to title page, 12pp. manuscript inscription dated 1772 lauding Corsica and the author to endpapers, preliminaries and at rear, in Latin, English and Greek, bookplate of Henry Eustatius Strickland to verso of frontispiece, [ESTC T26162], contemporary calf, morocco gilt lettering label to spine, joints cracked and minor loss to extremities, 1769; Paton (A. A.) Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic, 2 vols., lithographic frontispieces, vignette titles, 8 plates, one folding map, one double-paged plan, spotting, 1p. advert at rear, ink signature of Irish Politician George Noble Plunkett to front pastedowns, vol. 2 lacking rear free endpaper, original cloth, later leather rebacking, Chapman and Hall, 1849; with a second edition of Holland’s Travels in the Ionian Isles, 1819, and two odd volumes, v.s. (13)
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European travel and history
Collection of 13 antique European travel and history volumes including first editions by Swinburne and Boswell, featuring original plates, bookplates, and period bindings with noted wear.
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465 €(£400)–698 €(£600)
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Price checked 23/09/2026, 01:29:20
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- 104
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- Lot Ends
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
- Auction Ends
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
- Lots in Auction
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