Terra Australis Cognita: Or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries

by John Callander

$9,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, one of two issues probably the earlier, though priority is uncertain . 3 folding maps bound as frontispieces, 1 , viii, 516; iv , ii, 692; iv, 745, 1 , 4 pp. Dedication to Charles Townshend in Vol. I; 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end of Vol. III. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked retaining existing spines with red morocco spine labels. Moderate rubbing and some light wear to extremities, hinges cracked but firm. Light

• Binding: Leather

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