Anson, George

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 USD

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Description

A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships... London: John and Paul Knapton, 1748
paper, ink, leather

Large 4to (285 x 225 mm). 42 engraved maps and plates; edge of one plate browned, but a very clean copy. Contemporary calf; rebacked, corners restored.

Literature

Cox Vol. I, p. 49; Hill, pp. 317-18; Borba de Moraes, p. 38; Sabin 1625

Catalogue Note

first edition. "This compilation has long occupied a distinguished position as a masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson's voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century" (Hill).