RICH, Claudius James. Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811. London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1839. 8° (217 x 134mm). Half-title, 26 engraved and lithographic plates, woodcuts and maps, many folding. (One map with waterstaining, 2 maps reinforced on verso.) Contemporary calf, gilt arms (rebacked, lightly rubbed and darkened). FIRST EDITION. Brunet IV, 1279.
CHESNEY, Francis Rawdon (1789-1872). Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition. London: Longmans, Green, 1868. 8° (220 x 140mm). 45 lithographic plates, a plan and one hand-colored folding map in pocket at end. (Folding plan with small repair, occasional spotting.) Later quarter calf, spine gilt (corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books: Williams Ainsworth and W.F. Wingfield's Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldaea (London, 1838) and W.F. Wingfield's A Tour in Dalmatia (London, 1859). (4)
RICH, Claudius James. Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811. London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1839. 8° (217 x 134mm). Half-title, 26 engraved and lithographic plates, woodcuts and maps, many folding. (One map with waterstaining, 2 maps reinforced on verso.) Contemporary calf, gilt arms (rebacked, lightly rubbed and darkened). FIRST EDITION. Brunet IV, 1279.
CHESNEY, Francis Rawdon (1789-1872). Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition. London: Longmans, Green, 1868. 8° (220 x 140mm). 45 lithographic plates, a plan and one hand-colored folding map in pocket at end. (Folding plan with small repair, occasional spotting.) Later quarter calf, spine gilt (corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books: Williams Ainsworth and W.F. Wingfield's Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldaea (London, 1838) and W.F. Wingfield's A Tour in Dalmatia (London, 1859). (4)
