Dec 04, 2008 - Sale 2165

Sale 2165 - Lot 228

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
[SMOLLETT, TOBIAS, editor.] A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, Digested in a Chronological Series . . . Second Edition. 25 engraved plates; 25 engraved maps and plans, most folding. 7 volumes. 12mo, contemporary tree sheep, spines darkened and quite worn, joints cracked or starting, some hinges and title gutters crudely reinforced, ink scrawls on Volume 1 title, small piece torn from blank lower margin. London: W. Strahan et al., 1766

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First published in 1756; includes the voyages of Columbus, da Gama, Cabral, Cortés, Pizarro, Magellan, Drake, Raleigh, Nieuhoff, Wafer, Dampier, and others. Hill 1590 (original edition).