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BYRON (JOHN)
The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... Written by Himself... also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, FIRST EDITION, S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BYRON (JOHN)

The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... Written by Himself... also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, green gilt morocco spine label [Hill 232; Sabin 9730], 8vo, S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768

Footnotes

First edition of John Byron's enormously successful narrative of the wreck of the Wager, on which he served as midshipman. His account supplied his grandson, the poet Lord Byron, "with many particulars for the shipwreck in Canto II of Don Juan" (Hill).

Provenance: Johnathan Pytts, armorial bookplate.

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