FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus, Earl of Munster

FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus, Earl of Munster (1794–1842). Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England in latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818. London: John Murray, 1819. 4to. Half–title, 12 engraved plates (9 of which are hand–colored aquatints after FitzClarence), 5 plans (4 partially colored by hand), 2 maps including one large folding with hand–coloring (offsetting to folding map with small repaired tear near edge, some minor spots or browning to margins, offsetting from plates to text, some evidence of rubberstamp removal to a few leaves). Retrospective half green straight–grain morocco, moiré sides, 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, elephant tooled centerpiece devices gilt in 5 compartments, gilt–titling in remainder, bound by Richard Smart. Provenance: A.F. Borradaile (neat ownership signature on title dated 1878). FIRST EDITION, a first-hand account of an overland journey from India to England, by the eldest son of King Williams IV during the time of the Third Anglo–Maratha War (1817–1818), while also exploring the pyramids of Egypt with Henry Salt and Giovanni Belzoni. A SCARCE WORK, “having been bought up by the noble author” (Abbey). Blackmer 597; Abbey, Travel 591; Gay 2025; Tooley 222.