George. A Voyage round the World in the years 1740,1741, 1743, 1744.

by ANSON

£90 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

ANSON, George. A Voyage round the World in the years 1740,1741, 1743, 1744. London, London Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, [c. 1875]. Small 8vo. Original cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt; pp. xvi, 374, folding map, wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engravings in the text; minimal spotting to beginning and end, map with spotting and offsetting to adjacent two pages; a very good copy. Probaby the most celebrated British circumnavigation, in a later edition. SKU: 2118443

• Binding: Hardcover

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