Asia and the Middle East.- Murray (Hugh)

Asia and the Middle East.- Murray (Hugh)

Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., 5 engraved folding plates including map of Asia and of Orient according to Ptolemy (repeated in vol. 1 and 3), and Hindustan (vol. 2), very minor marginal spotting, a few leaves lightly browned, light dampstaining to maps, the odd tear with no loss to map folds, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with onlaid gilt-lettered and tooled spine, new endpapers, gilt cover edges, edges speckled brown, little rubbing to spines, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1820; Forster (George) A Journey from Bengal to India, 2 vol., engraved folding map of Forster’s route from London to St Petersburg, light offsetting to title of vol. 1, very minor spotting, contemporary marbled calf, marbled edges, border and spine gilt, occasional minor loss to corners and head and tail of spine, spine little scuffed, R. Faulder, 1808; Layard (Austen Henry) Nineveh and Its Remains, 2 vol., lithographic illustrations (3 folding plates) of Assyrian reliefs, inscriptions, city plans and statues, 16 pp. of advertisements to vol. 1, very minor marginal spotting, original red cloth with Assyrian sphynx and floral border, upper cover of vol. 1 a bit loose, J. Murray, 1850; with Thomson (William M.) The Land and the Book, 3 vol., plates and illustrations of biblical scenes (some folding), rare spotting, original brown cloth, tooled in gold and black, T. Nelson, 1886, v.s. (10)