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CHURCHILL, JOHN. FL. 1695. A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from Original Manuscripts. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704; and John Walthoe, for Churchill, 1732. image 1
CHURCHILL, JOHN. FL. 1695. A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from Original Manuscripts. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704; and John Walthoe, for Churchill, 1732. image 2
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CHURCHILL, JOHN. FL. 1695.
A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from Original Manuscripts. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704; and John Walthoe, for Churchill, 1732.

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CHURCHILL, JOHN. FL. 1695.

A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from Original Manuscripts. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704; and John Walthoe, for Churchill, 1732.
6 volumes. Folio (317 x 200 mm). 2 additional engraved titles, 2 portraits, 167 engraved plates, maps and plans (some double-page or folding), numerous engraved illustrations and maps in the text. Contemporary paneled calf. Cracked at joints, corners chipped, browning and spotting.
Provenance: John, Lord Granville, Baron of Potheridge, 1705 (bookplate, volumes 1-4, shelf mark "K 2=16-19," effaced in some volumes); Lord Charles Noel Somerset, 1726 (bookplate, volumes 5-6, shelfmark "K 2=20-21").

FIRST EDITION OF CHURCHILL'S MONUMENTAL TRAVELS. Compiled by Awnsham and John Churchill: "this is a very valuable collection, both for its range of coverage and for the fact that it gives the original accounts ... the third edition is considered to be best because of its greater inclusiveness and its copious index" (Hill 295). Two further volumes were issued separately in 1745, compiled by Thomas Osborne. Sabin 13015.

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