HISTORY OF THE AFGHANS. Translated from the Original Unpublished Manuscript by Capt. William Jesse.
Rare and modern books
Ferrier
John Murray,
1858
HISTORY OF THE AFGHANS. Translated from the Original Unpublished Manuscript by Capt. William Jesse.
Rare and modern books
Ferrier
John Murray,
1858
2475.00 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1858
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Ferrier
- Publishers
- John Murray
- Edition
- RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Ferrier was a French officer
- Languages
- English
- First edition
- True
Description
First edition in English. A copy with good provenance being the Eton leaving present for Edmund Hartoff dated 1864. With finely engraved large folding map. 8vo, contemporary full tan calf, spine in compartments with raised bands ruled and bordered in gilt, gilt-stamped decorative device in each compartment, black morocco label lettered in gilt; covers bordered in blind and gilt, gilt-tooled on edges, marbled endpapers. xxi, 491 pp. A very handsome copy, clean throughout, fresh and especially well preserved.
