DAMPIER, WILLIAM. A Collection of Voyages. London: Printed for James and John Knapton 1729. 4 vols., 8vo, 195 x 123mm. (7 5/8 x 4 13/16in.), late nineteenth-century polished calf gilt, spines with red and green morocco gilt labels, most text leaves browned, a few stains and minor repairs . First collected edition, with additions, of Dampier's voyages, previously issued in separate volumes, London 1698-1709, 63 engraved maps, charts and plates, many folding, a few charts highlighted in red to show voyages. Hill, p. 77 ("...considered the best scholars edition....Through his writings, Dampier made the profitable possibilities of the Pacific known."); Sabin 18373. Provenance : Frederick H. Rindge (1857-1905). (4)
DAMPIER, WILLIAM. A Collection of Voyages. London: Printed for James and John Knapton 1729. 4 vols., 8vo, 195 x 123mm. (7 5/8 x 4 13/16in.), late nineteenth-century polished calf gilt, spines with red and green morocco gilt labels, most text leaves browned, a few stains and minor repairs . First collected edition, with additions, of Dampier's voyages, previously issued in separate volumes, London 1698-1709, 63 engraved maps, charts and plates, many folding, a few charts highlighted in red to show voyages. Hill, p. 77 ("...considered the best scholars edition....Through his writings, Dampier made the profitable possibilities of the Pacific known."); Sabin 18373. Provenance : Frederick H. Rindge (1857-1905). (4)
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