LUMSDEN, Lieut. Thomas.

A journey From Merut in India to London

through Arabia, Persia, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Austria, Switzerland and France during the years 1819 and 1820.

Stock Code 108883

London, Black, Parbury et al., 1822

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Rare. Lumsden includes a short account of Muscat and describes his voyage up the Persian Gulf. also includes Bushire, Isfahan, Tabriz, Tiflis, Rostov, Odessa and Cracow. Lumsden travelled to England in 1820 from India in the company of his cousin, Matthew, the famous authority on the Persian and Arabic languages.

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First edition; 8vo, vii, 272, 12 pp., hand-coloured folding map, engraved plate, contemporary calf, split to upper joint but firm, a very good copy.

Wilson p. 131.

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Provenance

Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Bosanquet (1791-1866), eldest son of Jacob Bosanquet (1755-1828) who served as chairman of the East India Company on three occasions in 1798, 1803 and 1811.

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