Author: PURVES DAVID LAING & R COCHRANE
Title: The English Circumnavigators the most remarkable voyages around the World
Description: London, Nimmo. 1876, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. with a preliminary sketch of their lives and discoveries. Decorative geen cloth in gilt and black with bevelled edge boards. some rubbing to corners and edges, Tips frayed, front paste down marred by removal of a bookplate?, front hinge cracked and opened but cover holding by the cords, coloured free endpaper followed by the half-title. A double leaf engraved title page with portrait busts of Drake, Dampier, Anson and Cook precedes the standard title page. The first signature is a little loose on the cords, but the rest of the book is tightly bound. 831pp in double columns + four folding coloured maps, 16pp catalogue at rear. Includes facsimiles of original title pages to the original works. Two pages noted with small hole in the spine margin unaffecting any text, presentable copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: British Exploration Navigation Nautical Drake Dampier Anson Cook New Zealand Pacific


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