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KINDERSLEY (JEMIMA) Letters from the Island of Tenerife, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the ...
KINDERSLEY (JEMIMA) Letters from the Island of Tenerife, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece, some toning and off-setting to title and frontispiece, contemporary calf, flat spine with red and black morocco labels [Borba de Moraes 435], 8vo, J. Nourse, 1777 Footnotes: 'IMPORTANT AS ONE OF THE FIRST TRAVEL BOOKS BY A WOMAN... As a woman she was able to visit a zenana in Allahabad, and gives one of the earliest Western accounts of the appearance and life of Muslim women' (ODNB). Provenance: Lord Berwick, bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
KINDERSLEY (JEMIMA) Letters from the Island of Tenerife, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece, some toning and off-setting to title and frontispiece, contemporary calf, flat spine with red and black morocco labels [Borba de Moraes 435], 8vo, J. Nourse, 1777 Footnotes: 'IMPORTANT AS ONE OF THE FIRST TRAVEL BOOKS BY A WOMAN... As a woman she was able to visit a zenana in Allahabad, and gives one of the earliest Western accounts of the appearance and life of Muslim women' (ODNB). Provenance: Lord Berwick, bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing