Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 33

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(CANADA/ARCTIC.) Ellis, Henry. A voyage to Hudson's-Bay . . . for discovering a North West Passage. Folding map, 9 plates. 8vo, 1912 morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf; minor foxing; map and folding plates laid down on cloth; bookplate on front flyleaf. London, 1748
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first edition. "A synopsis of twenty-three English voyages to discover the Northwest passage [and] an account of the voyage . . . which proved, finally, the non-existence of a Northwest passage from Hudson's Bay"--TPL 207. Also includes an early account of the Eskimos. European Americana 748/59; Hill 540; Sabin 22312.