BURCHETT, JOSIAH. A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Conclusion of the Last War with France...In Five Books. London: Printed by W.B. for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe Junior, 1720. Folio in fours, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, covers restored, new end-papers, P3 stained, modern quarter brown morocco gilt slipcase by H.C. Fehr. FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Thornhill, engraved portrait of the author by George Vertue, and 9 folding maps by Herman Moll. Sabin 9205 (noting 8 maps).

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BURCHETT, JOSIAH. A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Conclusion of the Last War with France...In Five Books. London: Printed by W.B. for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe Junior, 1720. Folio in fours, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, covers restored, new end-papers, P3 stained, modern quarter brown morocco gilt slipcase by H.C. Fehr. FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Thornhill, engraved portrait of the author by George Vertue, and 9 folding maps by Herman Moll. Sabin 9205 (noting 8 maps).