Lot 239

Africa.- Harris (William Cornwallis), The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, 5th ed., 25 hand-col. lith. plates, cont. half morocco, 1852 & another by Harris (4)

Hammer Price: £320

Description

Africa.- Harris (William Cornwallis) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, fifth edition, additional lithographed title with hand-coloured vignette and 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates, folding map with route in red, ink ownership stamp to both titles, some soiling to plates, one leaf torn and repaired, contemporary half morocco, 1852; The Highlands of Aethiopia, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles (creased in vol.3), lithographed frontispieces (2 tinted, 1 hand-coloured), chromolithographed dedication, folding map (torn and repaired), frontispieces to vol.1 & 2 foxed and/or water-stained, cropped, modern cloth, 1844, [Czech p.71-72], 8vo (4)

Description

Africa.- Harris (William Cornwallis) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, fifth edition, additional lithographed title with hand-coloured vignette and 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates, folding map with route in red, ink ownership stamp to both titles, some soiling to plates, one leaf torn and repaired, contemporary half morocco, 1852; The Highlands of Aethiopia, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles (creased in vol.3), lithographed frontispieces (2 tinted, 1 hand-coloured), chromolithographed dedication, folding map (torn and repaired), frontispieces to vol.1 & 2 foxed and/or water-stained, cropped, modern cloth, 1844, [Czech p.71-72], 8vo (4)

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