Live auction - Lot 929
[Paraguay]
Seven eventful years in Paraguay.
London, Sampson Low, son, and Marston, 1869
Hammer price: €
200
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: xv-[1]-356-16 pp.; 2 pl. (front. missing, spotting throughout and on map).
Red publ. cloth binding (joint partly split, sm. defects at head and tail).
First ed. of this work in which George Frederick Masterman narrates his stay of 7 years in Paraguay. He describes the history of Paraguay, its landscapes, cities, and inhabitants. The work contains 1 lith. folding map partly coloured by hand and 1 lith. ill. of 2 animals.
Ref. Palau 157599. - Sabin 46189. - BL.
Prov. Prinknash Abbey Gloucestershire (mod. bookpl.).