CAPPER, James. Observations of the Passage to India

CAPPER, James. Observations of the Passage to India, through Egypt and Across the Great Desert. London: for W. Faden; J. Robson; and R. Sewell, 1783. Small 4to (254 x 194 mm). 2 engraved folding maps (some minor marginal repairs). Modern half calf antique, marbled boards, compartments gilt, red morocco lettering–piece gilt, renewed endpapers. (Tiny marginal repairs to title and several leaves, some minor browning or spotting near margins). FIRST EDITION, describing the author’s journey while in service with the East India Company, from India through the Red Sea, Suez and Egypt, the Arabian desert and from Mesopotamia to Aleppo. Blackmer 453; Gay 2066; Wilson p. 37; not is Atabey or Weber.