An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea : with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. ... In four volumes. ... By Jonas Hanway, ...
Jonas Hanway (1712-1786)
Category
Books
Date
1753
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3187556
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v., plates : maps (fold.) ; 4to. Vols. 1 and 2 only. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century tree calf; gold fillet border; gold tooled spine; gold lettered and numbered red and green spine labels (part missing): Hanway's travels ...
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Jonas Hanway (1712-1786)