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Lot 226
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. ANSON, George (1697-1762). -- WALTER, Richard, editor. A Voyage Round the World, In the Years 1740... 1744. London: John and Paul Knapton for the author, 1749.
4to. (245 x 200 mm). 42 engraved folding plates and maps. (Light spotting and toning to a few leaves.) Modern leather gilt. Provenance: E. Donnelly, M.D. (bookplate); W. S. Kerruish (bookplate); The Gilded Leaf 2008 (bookseller’s label)
Fifth edition of Anson’s circumnavigation of the world “with the same date and collation as the second” (Sabin 1626). ESTC T74545; Cox Vol. I, p. 49; Hill 1820.
Property from the Collection of Clarke Otten, Atlanta, Georgia