Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

Travel

KEPPEL, George.

Personal narrative of a journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the court of Persia, the western shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novgorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh: in the year 1824.


Colburn, London 1827. First edition. 4to., xii, 338pp. 2 pages ads at end, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece, folding map, 2 lithographed plates (1 hand-coloured ), 8 text illustrations, light spotting to plates, modern calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, a very good copy.

Scarce first edition. Ghani p206.

Price: £ 2250
US Dollar Price: $ 3400
Stock Number: 65166