Miscellanies.
London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1781. 4to (266 x 210 mm). 2 maps (1 folding), 1 folding chart, 2 portrait plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked to style. Condition: hinges cracked, worming to final endpapers and rear board, light foxing; rubbing and repairs to covers. first edition . Includes the only contemporary account in English of Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle’s journal of a voyage to explore the northwest coast of America, illustrated with a map of that coastline by Barrington. In addition, the compilation includes a noteworthy polar item titled Tracts on the Possibility of approaching the North Pole. Hill 56; Howes B177; Lada-Mocarski 34; Sabin 3628.
Miscellanies.
London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1781. 4to (266 x 210 mm). 2 maps (1 folding), 1 folding chart, 2 portrait plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked to style. Condition: hinges cracked, worming to final endpapers and rear board, light foxing; rubbing and repairs to covers. first edition . Includes the only contemporary account in English of Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle’s journal of a voyage to explore the northwest coast of America, illustrated with a map of that coastline by Barrington. In addition, the compilation includes a noteworthy polar item titled Tracts on the Possibility of approaching the North Pole. Hill 56; Howes B177; Lada-Mocarski 34; Sabin 3628.
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