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K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
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BROWNE (WILLIAM GEORGE) Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798, FIRST EDITIONS, 4to (4)
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £701.25 inc. premium
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BROWNE (WILLIAM GEORGE)
Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps [Blackmer 219; Gay 43], T. Cadell junior and W. Davies, 1799--COXE (WILLIAM) Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark, 3 vol., 26 engraved plates and maps (some folding), lacks pp.56-64 (supplied in pen facsimile) in volume 2, and final advertisement leaf in volume 3, T. Cadell, 1784-1790, uniform contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spines, FIRST EDITIONS, 4to (4)
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Provenance: Marcus Gage, ownership inscription in both works, the first noting "... Bought at Mr. Archer's, Dublin oct. 1799" on title.





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