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Live auction - Lot 1009
Live auction - Lot 1009
[Myanmar]
2 travel accounts.
19th c
Hammer price: €
550
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
1. Cox, Hiram - Voyage du capitaine Hiram Cox, dans l'empire des Birmans [...]. Paris, Bertrand, 1825. 2 vol., 8vo (occ. spotting). Sewn (binding loosening). Mod. slipcase. Uncut copy. First ed. ill. with a fold. map by Desmadryl and a folding colour lith. by Demanne. - 2. Yule, Henry - A narrative of the mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855 [...]. London, Smith & Co, 1858. 4to (occ. spotting). Ill. publ. cloth, a.e.g. (rubbed). Yule's most comprehensive work on Burma, ill. with 29 lith., with varying levels of tinting, incl. 3 maps and numerous in-text ill. Prov. Stanley family, Earls of Derby (arm. bookpl.).
Ref. Cordier, Indosinica, 449 (1) & 457 (2).
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