Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England,

FITZCLARENCE (Lieut.-Col. George, Earl of Munster).

Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England,

in the latter end of the year 1817, and the Beginning of 1818.

First edition. Large folding & 6 other maps, 9 hand-coloured & 3 further plates. 4to. Half contemporary calf, with marbled paper boards. The lower board is detached and the upper board nearly so. The gilt decorated spine is a little chipped at both extremities. Lacks ‘Directions to binders’ and errata leaves. xxvii, 502pp. London, 1819.

£1,600.00

The eldest of the children of William IV and the actress Mrs. Jordan, Fitzclarence carried despatches from India to England in 1817/1818. His narrative provides details not only of the activities of the East India Company, but perhaps more importantly, gives information on both Salt and Belzoni in Egypt, who joined him on an expedition to the Pyramids. In later life Fitzclarence became president of the Royal Asiatic Society.Blackmer, 597; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 233; Abbey (Travel), 519.

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