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ANSON (GEORGE)
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1749

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ANSON (GEORGE)

A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, fifth edition, edited by Richard Walter, folding engraved World map frontispiece, 42 engraved plates and maps (mostly folding, with some adhesion abrasions at fold), ALL HAND-COLOURED, untrimmed in modern half calf [Hill 1820, with plates hand-coloured], large 4to (310 x 240mm.), for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1749

Footnotes

A LARGE COPY, GENEROUSLY-MARGINED, WITH ALL THE PLATES HAND-COLOURED. This edition includes the chart "shewing the track of the Centurion round the world" (including California as an island) which was not included in the first edition. The copy of this edition cited by Hill also has hand-coloured plates.

Provenance: Donald H. Graham Jr., bookplate.

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