Travels in various countries of the East; . more particularly Persia. A work wherein the author has described, as far as his own observations extended, the state of those countries in 1810, 1811, and 1812; and has endeavoured to illustrate many subjects of antiquarian research, history, geography, philology and miscellaneous literature, with extracts from rare and valuable oriental manuscripts. By Sir William Ouseley, ...
Sir William Ouseley (1767-1842)
Category
Books
Date
1819 - 1823
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3077760
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plates (some folding) . 4to.. Ms. price on front flyleaf of vol. 1: 3 Vols Đ4. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedownof vol. 1: Jas. Sage, bookseller. 4 Newman's Row, Lincolns Inn Fields.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on flyleaf of vol. 1: Joseph Thaker to the Revd. Mr Price. Seal armorial bookplate; trimmed, gothic lettering: Charles Winn Nostell Priory. Franks 32246. [i.e.: Charles Winn (1795-1874)].. Binding: Morocco; gilt rolled and ruled to form a border; spines gilt; spines lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Ousley's Travels in the East'.
Makers and roles
Sir William Ouseley (1767-1842)