GEORGE FORSTER (c.1752-1791) A Journey from Bengal to England, Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea . London: R. Faulder, 1798. 2 volumes, 4° (273 x 214mm). Half-titles. Folding engraved map (Variable light spotting and offsetting, II/K1 with short tears.) Contemporary English tree calf gilt [one endpaper in each volume watermarked '1798'], covers with borders of foliate rolls, gilt board-edges, turn-ins gilt with greek-key rolls, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, others decorated with star tools in the form of a flower, marbled edges (a few small scuffs, edges lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded. Second edition of volume I and first edition of volume II. Departing from Lucknow in December 1782, Forster travelled north through India to Kashmir, 'and became the first Englishman to enter Srinagar, which had previously been seen by only a handful of Europeans. He entered Srinagar pretending to be a lost native of Turkestan, leaving in a hurry disguised as the ubiquitous Armenian trader' (R. J. Howgego Encyclopaedia of Exploration (p. 393), before proceeding via Kandahar and Herat to the Caspian Sea, and thence to Russia. The first edition of volume I was printed in Calcutta in 1790, but volume II did not appear until 1798, when it was accompanied with a reprinting of the first volume. Brunet II, col. 1346-1347; ESTC T105796; Lowndes p.820. DONALD CAMPBELL (1751-1804) A Journey Overland to India, Partly by a Route Never Gone Before by Any European . London: Vaughan Griffiths for T.N. Longman, 1796. 3 parts and appendix in one volume, 4° (273 x 210mm). Half-title and part-titles. Contemporary English speckled calf gilt, covers with borders of gilt foliate rolls, turn-ins gilt with greek-key rolls, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, others decorated with star tools, marbled edges (a few small scuffs, edges lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded). The first edition was published in 1795 and was followed by the second edition in 1796, which is found with the title in two states: this and a second with the imprint 'printed for J. Owen; and V. Griffiths, son-in-law and successor to M. Trapp'. ESTC N47266. (3)
GEORGE FORSTER (c.1752-1791) A Journey from Bengal to England, Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea . London: R. Faulder, 1798. 2 volumes, 4° (273 x 214mm). Half-titles. Folding engraved map (Variable light spotting and offsetting, II/K1 with short tears.) Contemporary English tree calf gilt [one endpaper in each volume watermarked '1798'], covers with borders of foliate rolls, gilt board-edges, turn-ins gilt with greek-key rolls, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2, others decorated with star tools in the form of a flower, marbled edges (a few small scuffs, edges lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded. Second edition of volume I and first edition of volume II. Departing from Lucknow in December 1782, Forster travelled north through India to Kashmir, 'and became the first Englishman to enter Srinagar, which had previously been seen by only a handful of Europeans. He entered Srinagar pretending to be a lost native of Turkestan, leaving in a hurry disguised as the ubiquitous Armenian trader' (R. J. Howgego Encyclopaedia of Exploration (p. 393), before proceeding via Kandahar and Herat to the Caspian Sea, and thence to Russia. The first edition of volume I was printed in Calcutta in 1790, but volume II did not appear until 1798, when it was accompanied with a reprinting of the first volume. Brunet II, col. 1346-1347; ESTC T105796; Lowndes p.820. DONALD CAMPBELL (1751-1804) A Journey Overland to India, Partly by a Route Never Gone Before by Any European . London: Vaughan Griffiths for T.N. Longman, 1796. 3 parts and appendix in one volume, 4° (273 x 210mm). Half-title and part-titles. Contemporary English speckled calf gilt, covers with borders of gilt foliate rolls, turn-ins gilt with greek-key rolls, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, others decorated with star tools, marbled edges (a few small scuffs, edges lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded). The first edition was published in 1795 and was followed by the second edition in 1796, which is found with the title in two states: this and a second with the imprint 'printed for J. Owen; and V. Griffiths, son-in-law and successor to M. Trapp'. ESTC N47266. (3)
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