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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

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.
Lot 176

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, Knightsbridge

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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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