An historical and descriptive account of Persia : from the earliest ages to the present time ; with a detailed view of its resources, government, population, natural history, and the character of its inhabitants, particularly of the wandering tribes ; including a description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan. By James B. Fraser ; illustrated by a map, and thirteen engravings by Jackson.
James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856)
Category
Books
Date
1834
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3074836
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition.. 472 p. : ill., fold. map ; 17 cm (8vo). Bookseller’s ticket on pastedown: Bought of Willis and Sotheran, booksellers & bookbinders, 42, Charing Cross. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1825-1892)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half grained, green calf, with marbled paper on boards; gold tooled spine, gold lettered.
Makers and roles
James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) John Jackson (1801-1848)