Lot 8
Hakluyt Society-- Publications, a very long run: 215 volumes, comprising
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
First series. Volumes 1- 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18-19, 22-25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 38-39, 42- 43, 48, 50, 52- 57, 59, 62- 63, 65-67, 69-70, 72, 74- 83, 86-91, 95- 97, 99- 100, London: 1848- 1899; Second series. Volumes 1,2, 3, 5-18, 22-25, 28-30, 32- 38, 40- 41, 43-47, 49- 53, 55-56, 58, 60, 62, 64-104, 106, 110-113, 120, 122, 124, 126- 127, 144-156, 158- 177, 182-190; 1900-2000; Third Series Volumes 1-9, 11- 12, 14-20, 1999-2007; and several other Hakluyt Society unidentified volumes: Map of the World A.D. 1600, 1880; Bethencourt: The Canarian, 1872; & The texts and versions of John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis. Hakluyt Society, 1903; original blue cloth gilt, later volumes with dust-jackets, Cruising Association Library book label, gilt stamp to many upper covers, and small blindstamp to titles (apart from 1970 onwards), some mint in dust-jackets, some very good, some rubbed, a few worn
Footnote
Provenance: The Cruising Association Library