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WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper.

A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.


Hearne, London 1822. Second edition, folio. 36 handcoloured aquatint plates, text in English and French, modern half calf over old marbled boards, an excellent copy.

This was a posthumous version of Willyams' Voyage up the Mediterranean. It contains 32 of the original 43 plates, some slightly reworked and four plates not present in the earlier work. Willyams had served as chaplain on a ship of the squadron commanded by Nelson in the Mediterranean. Atabey II, 1339; Blackmer 1814; Weber 1114; Abbey 198; Hilmy II, 335.

Price: £ 2500
US Dollar Price: $ 3770
Stock Number: 56625
Image of WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper. A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.

Image of WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper. A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.

Image of WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper. A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.

Image of WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper. A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.

Image of WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper. A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.

Image of WILLYAMS, Rev Cooper. A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, from the original drawings, executed during a visit to those places ... with a geographical and historical description to each view.