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London : Sold by Mr Dodsley ... [et al] , 1753. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling. Front board lost. Text remains clear with some shadowing and foxing as with age. Physical description; xx, 399 p. : frontis., ill., plates, [8] fold. maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; Nadir Shah Shah of Iran (1688-1747). Great Britain � Commerce � History. Russia � Description and travel. Iran � History � 16th-18th centuries. Iran � Description and travel. Europe � Description and travel. Genre; Illustrated.

London : printed for T. Osbourne [ect...], 1762. Later Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. End board lost. Interior remains surprisingly well preserved. Physical description; xx, 399 p. : frontis., ill., plates, [8] fold. maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; Nadir Shah Shah of Iran (1688-1747). Great Britain � Commerce � History. Russia � Description and travel. Iran � History � 16th-18th centuries. Iran � Description and travel. Europe � Description and travel. Genre; Illustrated.

London, printed for T. Osborne, D. Brown, T. and T. Longman, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar, J. Whiston and B. White, R. Dopsley and J. and J. Rivington., 1754. The Second Edition, revised and corrected. by Jonas Hanway, Merchant.. Very Good. Gr.-8°, Leder. Illustrated with maps and copper-plates. In Two Volumes. Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Buch ist in einem guten Zustand, 2 Bände, brauner Ganzledereinband mit 5 Bünden, Einband berieben, Kapitale angerissen, Kanten berieben, Ecken angeschabt, Papier in altersgemäßem sehr gutem Zustand. Ursprünglich gedruckt für die Londoner Russell Institution/ Russell Institution for the Promotion of Literary and Scientific Knowledge, ordnungsgemäß ausgesondert bei einer deutscher Fachbibliothek, das Frontispiz des ersten Bandes ist ein Kupferstich, markiert mit Ravenet sculp (Simon Francous Ravenet 1796-1774), einem für seine naturgetreuen Abbildungen bekannten Kupferstecher, daneben Blakey delin, Nicholas Blakey, Buchillustrator und… Read More

London: Sold by Mr. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; Mr. Nourse, Mr. Millar, Mr. Vaillant, and Mr. Patterson, in the Strand; Mr. Waugh, in Lombard Street; and Mr. Willock, in Cornhill, 1753. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). Four volume set; incomplete, lacking the frontisportrait and 6 plates in the 2nd volume. It appears as though they were never bound-in as there is no off-setting onto pages adjacent to where they should be located. Contains all nine of the folding maps, as called for, and 12 of the 19 engraved plates (including frontisports), as well as thirteen allegorical vignettes. Early full leather bindings are heavily rubbed and worn, with all hinges nicely repaired with Japanese tissue colored to match. Unfortunately the first volume is cracked in half, breaking the text block, with a few pages and one folding map detached; in need of a binder's attention and/or careful handling. Vol. I: xx, 399 pages of text. Vol. II: xvi, 374 pages of text, followed by [xvi] pages of… Read More

T. Osborne et al, 1762-01-01. 3rd. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume complete set. 4to. 3rd ed. Handsome modern rebind. Smooth 1/4 leather over burgundy boards. Fine bindings and covers. Collated. 39 of 40 engravings; 27 of 28 plates; 8 of 9 folding maps and 12 partial-page headpieces. Vol I: xxvii, [1], 460, Index [8] pp. Vol II: xx, 460, Index [20] pp. A few scattered stains. 4 of the maps have been mounted by a bookbinder. Please note that the 1753 edition was printed in 4 volumes, this edition was printed in 2. An important first-hand account of 18th century Persia (Iran). <br><br> Jonas Hanway (1712-86) was an English merchant who traveled to Russia, Persia and the Near East. He was sent by the British Russia Company to Persia to assess the condition of the Company's trade there and to investigate its agent, John Elton. Elton, an English sailor, had been working to establish a British mercantile presence on the Caspian since 1740, when he had secured trading privileges from… Read More

London: Printed for T. Osborne and others, 1754.. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Two volumes. I: xxvii, [i], 460, [viii]pp.; II: xx, 460, [xx]pp. I: A4 (- A1 blank?), a4-b4, c2, B4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Ooo4; II: A4, b4, c2, B4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Ppp4. Second edition. Modern half goatskin over marbled boards. With 9 fold-out copperplate maps, and 32 other copperplates. With the stamp of the Detroit Public Library on the title-pages.

London: T. Osborne [et al.], 1754. 2 vols., 4to, 9 engraved folding maps, 19 engraved plates, a number of engraved vignettes in the text; recent handsome half brown morocco over olive linen sides, red and green morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; very nice copy. Cox I, p. 255: "Hanway was a well-known traveler and philanthropist, popularly remembered as the pioneer user of the umbrella. Readers of Boswell will recall Johnson's severe criticism of his essay attacking tea-drinking. As a partner of a St. Petersburg merchant, he made a journey in 1743 down the Volga and by the Caspian Sea to Persia with a caravan of woolen goods, and returned in 1745 by the same route after many perilous adventures. He reached London in 1750. He later filled several public positions, and had a street named after him in London and a monument erected to him in Westminster Abbey. Dr. Johnson said of him, "that he acquired a reputation travelling abroad, but lost it all by travelling at home." This was in reference to his… Read More

London: T. Osborne et al.. Very good set in contemporary leather. 1762. 3rd ed.. leather. 4to, 460+, 460+ pp., Complete in two volumes with all plates and maps (many fold-outs), Full title reads as follows: "An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea : With the Author's Journal of Travels from England through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added The revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli." Hinges partially cracked but holding; contents, including pates and maps, clean; gilt-decorated spine with five raised bands and contrasting title labels .

London: sold by Mr. Dodsley; Mr. Nourse, Mr. Millar, Mr. Vaillant, and Mr. Patterson; Mr. Waugh; and Mr. Willock, 1753.. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Four volumes. I: xx, 399pp.; II: xv, [i], 374, [xv]pp.; III: xv, 255pp.; IV: xv, 301, [20]pp. I: a4-b4, c2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Ddd4 (Ddd4 blank); II: a4, b2-c2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4, Bbb2-Eee2; III: []4, b2-c2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Ii4; IV: []4, b2-c2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Pp4 (- Pp4 blank), Qq2-Uu2. With half-titles to volumes III and IV present. First edition. The volume statements on the half-titles to volumes III and IV read: 'Vol. III' and 'Vol. IV' but the title-pages have 'Vol. I' and 'Vol. II' respectively. Title-page to volume III reads: 'The revolutions of Persia: containing the reign of Shah Sultan Hussein, with the invasion of the Afghans, .. ' Title-page to volume IV reads: 'The revolutions of Persia: containing the history of the celebrated usurper Nadir Kouli, ...' Nineteenth century quarter brown… Read More

London: T. Osborne et al., 1754. Second edition. Hardcover. folding maps, engravings. 4to. Pagination: volume I, pp. xxiv [pp. xxv-xxviii mis-bound at end of volume], 1-458 [pp. 459-460 mis-bound after pp. xxviii], [1] 'Explanation of the Copper-Plates in this Work', [1-8] Index; volume II, pp. xx, [plate], pp. [1]-460, [1-14] Index, [1-4] 'An Explanation of Several Foreign Words in the Two Volumes', [1-2] 'Books Printed for A. Millar in the Strand'. Beautifully re-bound with blind-ruled lines and gilt florettes to boards, the spines in compartments with morocco spine labels; both volumes bound in period style. New hand-made marbled endpapers. Nine folding maps, 19 full-page copper engraved plates, and 12 engraved vignettes. All plates and maps present, except that the folding map of the Russian Embassy to Persia, called for at p. 237 of volume I is mis-bound at p. 237 of volume II. All other maps and plates placed as stipulated in the 'Explanation' (see above). Marginal notations in a very early… Read More

London, 1753. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. with a journal of travels from London through Russia, Germany & Holland to which are added the revolutions of Persia during the present century with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli. TWO volumes (complete in themselves). Vol 1: 399 pp, 5 folding maps, Ill. Vol 2: 374 pp, copperplates, index to both volumes. Contemporary covers are worn, hinges weak, internally nice though there is some offsetting of plates onto text. There are engravings above four chapters in vol 1. There are four full page engravings in vol one and 11 full page engravings in vol 2 (this includes frontispieces).

London: Sold by Mr. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; Mr. Nourse, Mr. Millar, Mr. Vaillant, and Mr. Patterson, in the Strand; Mr. Waugh, in Lombard Street; and Mr. Willock, in Cornhill, 1753. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). Four volume set, complete with all maps and plates. Early full leather bindings with minor shelfwear; rebacked attractively with new spine labels. Vol. I: xx, 399 pages of text. Vol. II: xvi, 374 pages of text, followed by [xvi] pages of index. Vol. III: xv, [i] blank, 255 pages. Vol. IV: xvi, 301 pages, [i] blank, followed by [xvi] index, and [iv] glossary. The set is complete with 9 folding maps and 19 engraved plates (including frontisports), as well as thirteen allegorical vignettes. Minor foxing is present, a few pages with staining in the margins, and a few pages with small tears in the margins. Slight misfolding and tearing at creases or hinges of two maps. Bookplates of former owners on endpapers of each volume: "John La Touche, Esq." and… Read More

London: T. Osborne, D. Brown, T. and T. Longman, et al.,, c.1754. Plates are clean and crisp. Some light browning to a few of the maps but otherwise a good copy.. Edition: Second Edition, Binding: Contemporary full calf, rebacked expertly, 5 raised bands in 6 compartments, compartments with gilt floral motifs, red and black morocco labels on two and three respectively., Notes: Jonas Hanway (1712-1786) was a merchant and philanthropist.  This is the first of several books by this resourceful traveler, best known as the “pioneer user” of the umbrella (Cox).  His trip down the Volga River was fraught with danger, including an armed robbery by bandits in Astrabad (in modern Russia) during a rebellion.  He later received 85% in restitution after the rebellion was quelled and the instigator (a rebel governor) put to death.  Once he returned to London from his trip in 1750, he filled several public positions, had a street in London named after him, and was posthumously honoured by a monument to… Read More