HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND DISCOVERIES FROM THE TIME OF COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT TIME.

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20 volumes 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches - handsomely bound in a simple full period tree calf with red leather lettering labels. Some restoration. First edition complete to 1797 but without the five volume supplement published 4 years later in 1801. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to volume 1 (with juvenile ink marks to face), folding map of the world on Mercator's projection (torn at lower folds), 34 engraved plates (including two folding), folding chart titled 'Comparative Table of the Probabilities of Life in New England and Europe' to volume 19, table of latitude and longitude around the world to volume 10, additional advertisements and index to volume 10 and 20, contemporary manuscript note at the head of the title pages in volume 1 and 2, ink stain to leaf B in volume 3, tears to three pages with minor loss to text of in volume 6, repaired tears to two leaves in volume 12, minor staining. An 18th century encyclopaedia of all the great voyages from Columbus to Donald Campbell Narrative- including Cook's three voyages and a folding plate of the Death of Cook. The 20 volumes housed in blocks of five within recent slipcases. A scarce first edition in a contemporary binding. William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) was a Scottish educationalist and tutor to the children of the Duke of Marlborough, and a prolific author who wrote books on a great number of subjects including histories, travel accounts, grammars, guidebooks, miscellanies and magazines. N° de ref. del artículo 6895

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Título: HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ...
Editorial: London. E. Newbery. 1796-1797
Año de publicación: 1796
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura
Edición: 1ª Edición