Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 2,070
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CLARKE, SAMUEL. A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Knowne World . . . Together with the rarest Beasts, Fowls, Birds, Fishes, and Serpents which are least known amongst us. [4], 293, [1]; 85, [1]; 35 pages, including etched additional title with border of allegorical figures representing Europe, Africa, Asia, and America. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, modern 1/2 calf. London: Tho. Milbourn for Robert Clavel et al., 1671

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Second edition of a work first published in 1657. The second part is devoted to Virginia, New England, Bermuda, and Barbados. This edition was also issued as part of Clarke's Mirrour . . . for Saints and Sinners. Alden 671/72; Wing C4517.