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WATHEN (JAMES) Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass, FIRST EDITION, J. Nichols, 1814 image 1
WATHEN (JAMES) Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass, FIRST EDITION, J. Nichols, 1814 image 2
WATHEN (JAMES) Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass, FIRST EDITION, J. Nichols, 1814 image 3
WATHEN (JAMES) Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass, FIRST EDITION, J. Nichols, 1814 image 4
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WATHEN (JAMES)
Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, FIRST EDITION, J. Nichols, 1814

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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WATHEN (JAMES)

Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass, FIRST EDITION, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 4pp. of advertisements ("Oriental Works Lately Imported by Black, Parry & Co. Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company", 1 July 1814) at end, 3 small spots on title but generally very clean, half red morocco gilt by Roger de Coverley [Abbey Travel 517; Lust 386], 4to, J. Nichols, 1814

Footnotes

The views include India, Malaysia, Macao, Canton and St Helena.

Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), bookplate of Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.

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