Rangoon views, and combined operations in the Birman empire.

London, T. Clay, 1825-1826]

€ 400 / 500

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Lot description

Obl. folio: 24 pl. (occ. spotting, mostly marg.).

Contemp. half black shagreen, percaline boards, flat spine (front board detached, some rubbing).

Rare series of 24 coloured aquatints (complete), engr. by G. Hunt, H. Pyall and Th. Fielding after drawings by Joseph Moore, British lieutenant (first series of 18 pl.), and after captain Frederick Marryat, Royal Navy officer and novelist (second series of 6 pl.), who both fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826). Without text vol.
Ref. Abbey 404.