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Exploration and Travel Literature, Various Owners
Lot 1035¤

PINKERTON, JOHN. 1758-1826.
A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1808.

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PINKERTON, JOHN. 1758-1826.

A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1808. 17 volumes. 4to. 183 (of 185) engraved plates and maps, some heavily foxed. Contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, leather dried and flaking, covers detached, foxing throughout, some dampstaining.

"This collection is of great value for its text, which are sometimes given entire and sometimes abridged, with as much as possible of the traveler's own language... included in this work, several relate to the Pacific, including those of Pigafetta, Beeckman, Stavorinus, Tasman, Dampier, Gemelli Careri, Cook, Peron, Betahgh, La Condamine, and Nieuhof" (Hill). Ferguson 473; Forbes 394; Hill 1361; cf. Sabin 62957. SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.

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