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[TRAVEL & HISTORY]. A group of 8 works, including: VERTOT, Abbot de. The Revolutions of Portugal. London: for William Chetwood, 1721. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary paneled calf (joints rubbed with some splitting). FIRST EDITION. ESTC T81981. –– MORGAN, J. A Complete History of Algiers… London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1731. 2 volumes in one, Small 4to. Modern quarter speckled calf, rasied bands, red morocco lettering–piece gilt (intermittent browning). FIRST EDITION. –– CHATEAUBRIAND, F.A. de. Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807. New York: Van Winkle and Wiley, 1814. 8vo. 7 engravings, large folding map (laid down). Modern quarter morocco. FIRST EDITION. –– ST. JOHN, J.A. Egypt and Nubia. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 8vo. Numerous in text vignettes. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt–lettered spine (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION. –– NEALE, Frederick Arthur. Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam… London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. 8vo. 20 wood–engraved plates. Original embossed plum cloth; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. –– BARKER, William Burckhardt. Lares and Penates; or, Cilicia and its Governors. Edited by William Francis Ainsworth. London: Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1853. 8vo. 20 wood–engraved plates, folding map. Contemporary calf gilt, raised bands gilt, morocco lettering–piece gilt, compartments completely tooled in gilt, all edges marbled. Provenance: Eton gift inscription. FIRST EDITION. –– CESNOLA, Louis Palma di, General. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, 60 plates and maps. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, morocco lettering–pieces gilt, remainder compartment gilt tooled, all edges marbled. FIRST EDITION. –– WYLDE, A.B. ’83 to ’87 in the Soudan. London: Remington & Co., 1888. 2 volumes, 8vo. Large color folding map. Modern red calf, raised bands, spines gilt with black leather lettering–pieces. Second edition. –– Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, condition generally good.