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Thomas Falkner (1707-1784)
A Description of Patagonia, and the adjoining of South America... and some particulars relating to Falkland Islands. Hertford: printed by C. Pugh, sold by T. Lewis, 1774. 4° (280 x 220mm). Folding engraved map of South America on 2 sheets, uncut. (Light soiling to outer blank margin of title, small tears to both sheets of map, library stamps on title, verso of map sheets, C1 and I1.) Old boards (rebacked, modern endpapers). Provenance: Newport Public Library, Monmouth (stamps).
First edition of a work that reinforced the idea of the giant stature of the Patagonians. Falkner served as a Jesuit missionary in Patagonia from 1740, returning to England when the Jesuits were expelled in 1768. Palau 86485; Sabin 23734.
A Description of Patagonia, and the adjoining of South America... and some particulars relating to Falkland Islands. Hertford: printed by C. Pugh, sold by T. Lewis, 1774. 4° (280 x 220mm). Folding engraved map of South America on 2 sheets, uncut. (Light soiling to outer blank margin of title, small tears to both sheets of map, library stamps on title, verso of map sheets, C1 and I1.) Old boards (rebacked, modern endpapers). Provenance: Newport Public Library, Monmouth (stamps).
First edition of a work that reinforced the idea of the giant stature of the Patagonians. Falkner served as a Jesuit missionary in Patagonia from 1740, returning to England when the Jesuits were expelled in 1768. Palau 86485; Sabin 23734.
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