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Alpha Editions, 2020-05-09. Paperback. Used: Good.

Alpha Editions, 2020-05-09. Paperback. Used:Good.

Alpha Editions, 2020-05-21. Paperback. Used: Good.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia ... during the years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820. With numerous engravings. VOL. I.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia ... during the years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820. With numerous engravings. VOL. II.

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British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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Unknown, 2011. Paperback. New. 964 pages. 9.80x7.40x2.20 inches.

London:: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1821-1822., 1821. Two volumes. Large 4to. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. xxiii, 720; [v]-xiv, [2], pp. Volume I: illustrated with 42 full-page plates, 4 full-page colored plates, 14 folding plates [60 total]; volume II: 23 full-page plates, 1 colored plate, 5 folding plates, and 1 large folding map [30 in total], index; some foxing to contents. Bound in full modern russet morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt; corners with gentle repairs. Handsome copy. Bookplate of Kimbolton Castle. Very good. First edition of this grand descriptive tour of Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, profusely illustrated with 90 plates (including 5 colored plates). Porter, knighted and married to a Russian princess, traveled through much of Persia in 1817. This detailed account of his travels includes visits to Persepolis and the tomb of Cyrus the Great wherein he recorded inscriptions, now lost, & much more worn with time passed. He was himself an artist and drew of… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brows, 1821. 2 volume set. FIRST EDITION. Signed binding. Early to Mid-twentieth century three quarter brown calf leather binding signed by J. Larkins. Compartmented, raised bands, tooled leather on spine. Illustrated with two hand-colored portrait frontispieces mounted on paper, 87 plates (some folding), including 5 hand-colored plates, and 2 large folding maps, the plates executed in different media, i. e., aquatint, line-engravings, stipple engravings and numbered I-LXXXVII (lacking plate LXXXIII) with 1 plate unnumbered, light occasional foxing and offsetting, corners bumped, top edges gilt others uncut, an attractive copy. Lacks plate list in volume I as is not uncommon. One of the most substantial books on Persia. Photos available upon request. Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842) had been a court painter in St. Petersburg, and archaeological investigation and drawing were the principal reasons for the author's travels. In this copy the famous… Read More