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St Helena.- Wathen (James) A Series of Views Illustrative of the Island of St Helena, first edition,

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St Helena.- Wathen (James) A Series of Views Illustrative of the Island of St Helena, first edition,
St Helena.- Wathen (James) A Series of Views Illustrative of the Island of St Helena, first edition,
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St Helena.- Wathen (James) A Series of Views Illustrative of the Island of St Helena, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Wathen after A.J. Oliver, title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette, 9 hand-coloured plates (one folding and neatly backed with silk) by T. Clay after Wathen, 2 wood-engraved tail-pieces, ink inscription to front free endpaper, a few text leaves lightly browned, loosely inserted dinner invitation to descendant of the author, 20th century green crushed half morocco, spine gilt, spine lightly sunned, [Abbey Travel 314], 4to, T. Clay, 1821.*** A very attractive and clean copy of Wathen's magnificent drawings, produced 'during the short stay of not quite three days on the island of St. Helena, in the summer of 1812', a few years before Napoleon would be exiled to the island.
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St Helena.- Wathen (James) A Series of Views Illustrative of the Island of St Helena, first edition,

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