Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Folio (381 x 241 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, 155 engraved plates and maps (one folding); directions to the bookbinder, list of subscribers, and 2pp. ads at end. (Some offsetting from plates to text.) Contemporary tree calf (rebacked preserving morocco lettering-piece gilt, fore-corners repaired, scattered scuffs to covers).

FIRST EDITION, mixed issue with all Forbes first state points including "The Death of Cook" plate dated March 12, 1785, but lacking a published date on the title-page. “An important compilation of English Voyages…Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials, from other sources, are added to give scope and depth to the narrative” (Hill). Beddie 17; Forbes 61; ibid 18.