With an Appendix Containing a Description of Fossil Remains by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift

By Crawfurd, John

London, Henry Colburn. 1829, 1st Edition – with Appendix. 4to — 27.9 cm. [xi], (1), large fold-out engraved map, 516 pp., Appendix 89 pp. — containing a description of fossil remains by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift, 5 lithographic engraved plates in Appendix., frontis hand-coloured plate of the white elephant, 6 wood-engraved vignette illustrations in the text, without half-title, one full-page map, 2 hand-coloured lithographic plates, 2 sepia toned lithographic plates. Modern full-tan calf with de-bossed border ruling on front cover, spine with five raised bands, red-morocco label with bright gilt titles and decorative gilt in 5 compartments. A lovely copy of an important publication. Rare.

Abbey; Travel 405; Howgego: C55, Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1800-1850.

This is the rare narrative and description of the Kingdom of Burma by the British Envoy John Crawfurd. Described by Patricia Herbert in her excellent bibliography ‘Burma’, as an account that ranks alongside those of Michael Symes and Henry Yule as a major description of the kingdom of Burma. Herbert 185.

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