Irwin | A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, 1780

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

IRWIN, EYLES
A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea… the second edition. London: J. Dodsley, 1780

4to (260 x 207mm.), half-title, dedication leaf, 3 engraved plates, 3 engraved maps, contemporary sprinkled calf, two plates browned, one map torn and creased, O2 torn

LITERATURE:
Blackmer 865

PROVENANCE:
George Baillie (1664–1738), engraved armorial bookplate applied posthumously; Hon. George Baillie (c.1721–1797), signature on title; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington

Condition Report:
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