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CARVER, Jonathan (1732-80). The New Universal Traveller. London: G. Robinson, 1779.
CARVER, Jonathan (1732-80). The New Universal Traveller. London: G. Robinson, 1779. 2 o (368 x 239 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 30 engraved portraits, 18 engraved maps (one folding) and 7 engraved views (some minor staining to a few leaves). Contemporary polished calf, gilt rool-tooled border around sides, spine gilt in 7 compartments, second with gilt lettered morocco spine label (joints splitting). FIRST EDITION. "This compilation the widow of Captain Carver denied to be the work of her husband" (Sabin 11183).