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Lot No. 22: VALENTIA, VISCOUNT GEORGE

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS TO INDIA, CEYLON, RED SEA ABYSSINIA AND EGYPT

  • Medium: Printed Books
  • Year: 1809
  • Size: 11.8 x 9.6 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹2,37,600

(Inclusive Buyer's Premium)

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2,00,000 - 4,00,000


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2400-4800

Ends at Oct 17, 2024 07:27 PM IST

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VALENTIA, VISCOUNT GEORGE

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS TO INDIA, CEYLON, RED SEA ABYSSINIA AND EGYPT

IN YEARS 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 AND 1806.

Year: 1809

Size: 30 x 24.4 cm (11.8 x 9.6 inches)

First Edition. 3 volume set. Large quartos, 30 x 24 cm. vi, [8], 496 pp.; [4], iv, 520 pp.; [4], iv, 506 pp.

66 plates and 3 vignett, maps and plans, 12 of the maps and charts are folding. 2 large maps of the Red Sea and a large plan of Alexandria All complete as per the list of plates.

Bound in modern half Moroccan leather. Marbled boards. Title label in gilt on spine. Fine bindings and covers. Clean, unmarked pages, in exceptional condition.

George Annesley, 2nd Earl Mountnorris and 9th Viscount Valentia, was an aristocrat and adventurer, and member of parliament for Yarmouth between 1808-1810.

In 1802 Valentia embarked upon a voyage to India via the Cape Colony (he accompanied the British mission to Abyssinia, to secure a port on the Red Sea as The British were attempting to consolidate their position against Napoleon's forces who threatened to seize Egypt.) , in the East India Company ship Minerva (which had previously been employed transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia). He took with him as his secretary and draftsman Henry Salt (his Twenty-four Views in St. Helena, published in 1809, was another result of the tour). The expedition took them through India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt and Annesley utilized the paintings and drawings made by Salt as the basis for the illustrations in this three volume narrative of the expedition.

Includes descriptions of Lucknow, Benares, Seringapatam, Jeddah, Mocha, Calcutta, Madras and Ceylon, and an overview of the inhabitants and history of the Abyssinian regions of Aksum and Adwa. Volume III contains an account of the Ethiopian highlands by Salt.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0289 198000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 04:10:58 PM IST
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