Lot 76
South America.- Harcourt (Robert) The Relation of a Voyage to Guiana, second edition, Printed by Edw. Allde, 1626.
Hammer Price: £5,000
Description
South America.- Harcourt (Robert) The Relation of a Voyage to Guiana, second edition, woodcut decorations, some headlines, sidenotes and ruled border at head of title shaved, occasional foxing and toning, later green straight-grain morocco, gilt, glazed green paper pastedowns with border or small gilt circles and rosettes, g.e., [Sabin 30297; STC 12755], 4to, Printed by Edw. Allde, 1626.
⁂ Rare treatise promoting the author's plantation in Guiana and its appeal to English settlers, first published in 1613. "Both editions are very rare...The patent for the plantation of Guiana was granted to the said Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire." (Sabin).
ESTC lists only 3 copies in the UK (BL, Bodleian and a private collection) and a further 6 copies in America.
Description
South America.- Harcourt (Robert) The Relation of a Voyage to Guiana, second edition, woodcut decorations, some headlines, sidenotes and ruled border at head of title shaved, occasional foxing and toning, later green straight-grain morocco, gilt, glazed green paper pastedowns with border or small gilt circles and rosettes, g.e., [Sabin 30297; STC 12755], 4to, Printed by Edw. Allde, 1626.
⁂ Rare treatise promoting the author's plantation in Guiana and its appeal to English settlers, first published in 1613. "Both editions are very rare...The patent for the plantation of Guiana was granted to the said Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire." (Sabin).
ESTC lists only 3 copies in the UK (BL, Bodleian and a private collection) and a further 6 copies in America.
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