MIDDLETON, Christopher. A Reply to the Remarks of Arthur Dobbs, Esq.; on Capt. Middleton's Vindication of His Conduct on board his Majesty's Ship the Furnace, when Sent in Search of a North-west Passage, by Hudson's-Bay, to the Western American Ocean. London: George Brett, 1744.
MIDDLETON, Christopher. A Reply to the Remarks of Arthur Dobbs, Esq.; on Capt. Middleton's Vindication of His Conduct on board his Majesty's Ship the Furnace, when Sent in Search of a North-west Passage, by Hudson's-Bay, to the Western American Ocean. London: George Brett, 1744.

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MIDDLETON, Christopher. A Reply to the Remarks of Arthur Dobbs, Esq.; on Capt. Middleton's Vindication of His Conduct on board his Majesty's Ship the Furnace, when Sent in Search of a North-west Passage, by Hudson's-Bay, to the Western American Ocean. London: George Brett, 1744.

8o (198 x 121 mm). Errata leaf. (Marginal stain on 2E1-2, some pale staining and spotting.) Modern calf antique.

FIRST EDITION, replying to Dobbs's A Reply to Capt. Middleton's Answer to the Remarks on his Vindication of his Conduct..., 1745 (see lot 157). Middleton vehemently defends his actions in his exploration in search of a Northwest Passage. Alden & Landis 745/143; Sabin 48857; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 195; Streeter sale VI:3638.

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