Sketches in Afghaunistan

by James Atkinson

$4,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 2pp. letterpress explanatory text, printed in blue, otherwise lithographed throughout. Lithographed calligraphic dedication to the Marquis Wellesley, tinted lithographed pictorial title, 25 tinted lithographed plates, after Atkinson, drawn on stone by Louis and Charles Haghe, printed by Day & Haghe. Folio. Publisher's green morocco backed cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, worn at extremities. Minor foxing and soiling, title and

• Binding: Leather

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