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Lot 565

Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020 8:00AM ET
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[Travel & Exploration] Drinkwater, John A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar. With a Description and Account of the Garrison, From the Earliest Periods

London: Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1785. First edition. 4to. vii, [9], 360 pp, including errata leaf and subscribers list. Illustrated with engraved folding frontispiece map, three folding maps, and six folding plates. Contemporary tree calf, stamped in gilt, brown morocco spine label, front and rear boards rubbed, front and rear joints tender, corners worn, spine ends worn and chipped; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; scattered minor spotting to text, some tape repairs to plate folds; with armorial book-plate of George Morris Taswell on front free endpaper.

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