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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 193

FRERE (WILLIAM, OR HENRY
A Short History of Barbados, from its First Discovery and Settlement, to the End of the Year 1767, FIRST EDITION, 8vo 1768; and 10 others, travel (11)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[FRERE (WILLIAM OR HENRY)]

A Short History of Barbados, from its First Discovery and Settlement, to the End of the Year 1767, FIRST EDITION, J. Dodsley, 1768--RICHARD (JOHN) A Tour from London to Petersburgh, and Thence to Moscow, engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial engraved title, lacks printed title, [Dublin, M. Wilson, 1781]--[COCHIN (CHARLES NICOLAS)] Observations Upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, 42 engraved plates, 1753; Idem, second edition "with additions", lacking plates, 1756, 2 works bound in 1 vol., D. Wilson and T. Durham--CHANDLER (RICHARD) Travels in Asia Minor, half-title, Dublin, R. Marchbank, 1775; Travels in Greece... Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Dublin, Price, Whitestone, 1776, spines of last 2 fire scorched, dried--WADDINGTON (GEORGE) A Visit to Greece, in 1823 and 1824, second edition, folding engraved map, split at head of joints, John Murray, 1825, contemporary calf, some rubbing, 8vo; and 5 others, travel (11)

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