Lot 102 , Vincent, William - Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, 2 parts in 1, calf, quarto, frontis, frontis portrait of Vasco de Gama, 6 folding map

Vincent, William - Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, 2 parts in 1, calf, quarto, frontis, frontis portrait of Vasco de Gama, 6 folding maps, 3 engraved plates and folding table, all spotted, centre of title page darkened by frontis image, small tear to chart of Red Sea, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1800-1805
Note: William Vincent (1739-1815) served as headmaster and later Dean of Westminster, and "ancient geography was the subject which Vincent made his chief study" (DNB).
Estimate £300-500


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Sold for £280