Apr 12, 2018 - Sale 2473

Sale 2473 - Lot 213

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(TRAVEL.) Anderson, George William. A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World. 26 maps, 130 (of 131) plates. 655, [5] pages. Folio, modern 1/2 morocco, minor wear; minimal wear to contents, lacking the scarce second frontispiece called for in Forbes, "The Genius of the Work Instructing Youth." London, 1784

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"An important compilation of English voyages, richly illustrated"--Hill 18. More than half the volume is devoted to Cook's three voyages; also includes abridged accounts of the voyages of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson, and Drake. Forbes 61 (first state with publication date on title page).