The English Circumnavigators.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A handsome copy of this work of the collected voyages of Drake, Anson, Dampier, and Cook, each with a map of their journey. First edition; 8vo (18 x 12.5); multi-portrait lithograph frontispiece, additional lithograph title with vignette, 4 folding maps, prize bookplate, discreet booksellers ticket, frontis a little foxed; full contemporary purple calf prize binding, gilt vignettes to boards, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece, all edges marbled, a little rubbed, a very good copy; 831 pp.

  • Binding: Hardcover

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