HAMILTON, Alexander (d. ca 1732). A New Account of the East Indies. Being the Observations and Remarks of capt. Alexander Hamilton, Who spent his Time there From the Year 1688. to 1723. Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the Coiuntries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-hope, and the Island of Japan . Edinburgh: printed by John Mosman, 1727.
HAMILTON, Alexander (d. ca 1732). A New Account of the East Indies. Being the Observations and Remarks of capt. Alexander Hamilton, Who spent his Time there From the Year 1688. to 1723. Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the Coiuntries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-hope, and the Island of Japan . Edinburgh: printed by John Mosman, 1727. 2 volumes, 8 o (193 x 120 mm). 8 folding engraved maps, 11 plates, most by Robert Mylne (one plate slightly shaved at fore-margin, light spotting). Old calf, covers with double gilt fillet borders (lightly rubbed, rebacked, new gilt-lettered spine labels). Provenance : Patrick Hume (1641-1724), Earl of Marchmont, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland (engraved armorial bookplates dated 1702). FIRST EDITION. An exhaustive first-hand description--enriched by detailed maps--of "the whole of the Orient, including Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, India, Goa, Ceylon, Bengal, Pegu, Siam, Malacca, Johore, Sumatra, Java, the Moluccas, Borneo, Cambodia, China, the Philippines, Formosa and Japan" (Hill). Cordier Indosinica 890; Hill 765 (reprint). (2)
HAMILTON, Alexander (d. ca 1732). A New Account of the East Indies. Being the Observations and Remarks of capt. Alexander Hamilton, Who spent his Time there From the Year 1688. to 1723. Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the Coiuntries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-hope, and the Island of Japan . Edinburgh: printed by John Mosman, 1727.
HAMILTON, Alexander (d. ca 1732). A New Account of the East Indies. Being the Observations and Remarks of capt. Alexander Hamilton, Who spent his Time there From the Year 1688. to 1723. Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the Coiuntries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-hope, and the Island of Japan . Edinburgh: printed by John Mosman, 1727. 2 volumes, 8 o (193 x 120 mm). 8 folding engraved maps, 11 plates, most by Robert Mylne (one plate slightly shaved at fore-margin, light spotting). Old calf, covers with double gilt fillet borders (lightly rubbed, rebacked, new gilt-lettered spine labels). Provenance : Patrick Hume (1641-1724), Earl of Marchmont, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland (engraved armorial bookplates dated 1702). FIRST EDITION. An exhaustive first-hand description--enriched by detailed maps--of "the whole of the Orient, including Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, India, Goa, Ceylon, Bengal, Pegu, Siam, Malacca, Johore, Sumatra, Java, the Moluccas, Borneo, Cambodia, China, the Philippines, Formosa and Japan" (Hill). Cordier Indosinica 890; Hill 765 (reprint). (2)
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