Lot 338
Meares (John) Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America, first edition, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Meares (John) Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To which are Prefixed...A Voyage Performed in 1786, from Bengal, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 engraved or aquatint plates, many folding and neatly mounted on stubs, 10 engraved maps and charts, list of subscribers, book-label of Carl Wendell Carlsmith to front free endpaper, 1 folding map with small hole to central fold, printing flaw to p.169 affecting text, offsetting, some light foxing or browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, new spine label, corners repaired, rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Sabin 47260; Hill 1126; Abbey, Travel 594], large 4to, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790.
Description
Meares (John) Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To which are Prefixed...A Voyage Performed in 1786, from Bengal, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 engraved or aquatint plates, many folding and neatly mounted on stubs, 10 engraved maps and charts, list of subscribers, book-label of Carl Wendell Carlsmith to front free endpaper, 1 folding map with small hole to central fold, printing flaw to p.169 affecting text, offsetting, some light foxing or browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, new spine label, corners repaired, rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Sabin 47260; Hill 1126; Abbey, Travel 594], large 4to, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790.
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