9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Raffles (Thomas Stamford).
The History of Java.
London: Black, Parbury, and Allen, and John Murray, 1817, first edition, two quarto volumes, half-titles, plates and maps as called for, including ten hand-coloured aquatints and large folding engraved map with outline hand-colouring, engraved vingettes, 1p. advertisements at rear of vol. 2, light scattered spotting in both volumes (mainly to margins), folding map with small closed tear, contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards and edges, a little rubbed/worn, bookplate in vol.1 , vol. 2 endpapers renewed.
One of 900 copies.
Provenance: The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, ex Fonmon Castle.
Sold for £2,300
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 9th Apr, 2025
The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.
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