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BINGFIELD, William (pseudonym). The Travels and Adventures ... containing as surprizing a fluctuation of circumstances, both by sea and land, as ever befel one man. London: E. Withers, 1753. 2 volumes, 12° (163 x 94mm). Folding engraved frontispiece by Boitard. (Without final ?blank in each vol.) Contemporary calf, vol. I with paper spine label (vol. II lacking label, spines rubbed and chipped, joints slightly split). Provenance: Jn0. Enys 1763 (inscription on titles) -- Francis Enys. Enys, near Penryth, Cornwall (bookplate).
BINGFIELD, William (pseudonym). The Travels and Adventures ... containing as surprizing a fluctuation of circumstances, both by sea and land, as ever befel one man. London: E. Withers, 1753. 2 volumes, 12° (163 x 94mm). Folding engraved frontispiece by Boitard. (Without final ?blank in each vol.) Contemporary calf, vol. I with paper spine label (vol. II lacking label, spines rubbed and chipped, joints slightly split). Provenance: Jn0. Enys 1763 (inscription on titles) -- Francis Enys. Enys, near Penryth, Cornwall (bookplate).

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BINGFIELD, William (pseudonym). The Travels and Adventures ... containing as surprizing a fluctuation of circumstances, both by sea and land, as ever befel one man. London: E. Withers, 1753. 2 volumes, 12° (163 x 94mm). Folding engraved frontispiece by Boitard. (Without final ?blank in each vol.) Contemporary calf, vol. I with paper spine label (vol. II lacking label, spines rubbed and chipped, joints slightly split). Provenance: Jn0<\sup>. Enys 1763 (inscription on titles) -- Francis Enys. Enys, near Penryth, Cornwall (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of this imaginary narrative. In addition to the succession of perilous dangers and eminent exploits, the author promises: 'An accurate account of the shape, nature, and properties of that most furious and amazing animal, the dog-bird,' shown in the frontispiece. A second edition followed but not till 1799. Lowndes 204.

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