Annesley George Earl of Mountnorris Viscount Valentia (1770

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Annesley, George, Earl of Mountnorris, Viscount Valentia (1770-1844) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt. Three large quarto volumes, illustrated with three engraved vignettes and sixty-nine engravings (three folding and eight folding charts), bound in full contemporary uniform diced russia, rebacked, 11 1/2 x 9 in. (3) London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1809.

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First edition. The artist Henry Salt (1780-1827) was chosen by Valentia to travel as his secretary and to record images of the journey. Hilmy I, page 38; Abbey Travel 515.