Churchill, Awnsham & John
£4,750
Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A collection of voyages and travels. London: for John Walthoe, 1732. Folio, 6 volumes, 159 plates, 2 portraits & 2 engraved divisional titles [in volume 2 & 3], list of subscribers in volume 1, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked in the 19th century, rubbed at edges, corners bumped, some offsetting (6)
Footnote
Note: "This is a very valuable collection, both for its range of coverage and for the fact that it gives original accounts.'' Hill, p.52. The number of plates found in the 1732 edition varies slightly, usually containing 159 plates, 2 portraits and 2 engraved titles, as in the present copy, but occasionally with 161 or 162 plates. Sabin 13016