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EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress. London: for Benjamin Tooke, 1674. 8° (181 x 110mm). With front blank, errata and adverts. (Front blank and title with some soiling, the title slightly short, some light browning in the margins, errata leaf with small marginal losses.) Late 19th- or early 20th-century sheep, green morocco label on gilt spine, sides ruled in blind (cup rings on sides, light soiling and rubbing). Provenance: occasional marginalia in an early hand -- British Museum (duplicate stamp dated 1769 on title verso) -- 'Miss Millard' (dealer's ticket on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION. Evelyn composed Navigation and Commerce as the introduction to a history of the war between Great Britain and Holland for control of the seas. It caused offence to the Dutch ambassador, and there were rumours of an attempt to suppress it. Evelyn gave the rest of his research to Pepys for his planned history of the Navy but this was subsequently lost. This copy formerly in the British Library. Keynes 92; Sabin 23028; Scott 129; Wing E-3504.
FIRST EDITION. Evelyn composed Navigation and Commerce as the introduction to a history of the war between Great Britain and Holland for control of the seas. It caused offence to the Dutch ambassador, and there were rumours of an attempt to suppress it. Evelyn gave the rest of his research to Pepys for his planned history of the Navy but this was subsequently lost. This copy formerly in the British Library. Keynes 92; Sabin 23028; Scott 129; Wing E-3504.
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