1. DIXON, GEORGE, CAPTAIN. Voyage autour du monde ... fait en 1785, 1786, 1787 et 1788. Paris: Maradan, 1789. 2 volumes. 12mo (188 x 114 mm). [6], 581; [4], 292, [5] pp. Half-titles, 23 folding letterpress tables. Large folding engraved map and 21 folding engraved plates. Period mottled calf, raised bands, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. Browning to half-title and title vol 2, a few short tears to folds of plates, a few plates toned but clean overall, occasional creasing to corners of leaves, joints repaired, some rubbing to boards. Provenance: Château de Rosny (bookplates, private library numbers to front pastedowns). Second French edition, preceded by the quarto edition of the same year. Howes D365; Pilling 1043; Sabin 64391. 2. [PORTLOCK, NATHANIEL.] Reis naar de Noord-West kust van Amerika ... door de Kapteins Nathaniel Portlock en George Dixon Amsterdam: Matthijs Schalekamp, 1795. 4to (210 x 154 mm). [xvi], 265, [1] pp. Large folding engraved map and 9 folding engraved plates. Period calf backed boards, morocco spine label. Old dampstain to top edge of pp 1-9, stub tear to map, some minor wear to boards. FIRST AND ONLY DUTCH EDITION. An abridged edition of Portlock and Dixon's voyage around the world. Howes P494; Pilling 3038; Sabin 64395.
1. DIXON, GEORGE, CAPTAIN. Voyage autour du monde ... fait en 1785, 1786, 1787 et 1788. Paris: Maradan, 1789. 2 volumes. 12mo (188 x 114 mm). [6], 581; [4], 292, [5] pp. Half-titles, 23 folding letterpress tables. Large folding engraved map and 21 folding engraved plates. Period mottled calf, raised bands, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. Browning to half-title and title vol 2, a few short tears to folds of plates, a few plates toned but clean overall, occasional creasing to corners of leaves, joints repaired, some rubbing to boards. Provenance: Château de Rosny (bookplates, private library numbers to front pastedowns). Second French edition, preceded by the quarto edition of the same year. Howes D365; Pilling 1043; Sabin 64391. 2. [PORTLOCK, NATHANIEL.] Reis naar de Noord-West kust van Amerika ... door de Kapteins Nathaniel Portlock en George Dixon Amsterdam: Matthijs Schalekamp, 1795. 4to (210 x 154 mm). [xvi], 265, [1] pp. Large folding engraved map and 9 folding engraved plates. Period calf backed boards, morocco spine label. Old dampstain to top edge of pp 1-9, stub tear to map, some minor wear to boards. FIRST AND ONLY DUTCH EDITION. An abridged edition of Portlock and Dixon's voyage around the world. Howes P494; Pilling 3038; Sabin 64395.
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