FORSTER, Johann Georg Adam (editor and translator). Geschichte der Reisen, die seit Cook an der Nordwest- und Nordost-Küste von Amerika und in dem nördlichen Amerika selbst von Meares, Dixon, Portlock, Core, Long u.a.m. unternommen worden sind, Berlin: Bossische Buchhandlung, 1791, 3 volumes, 4° (250 x 202mm.), additional printed title loosely inserted in volume II, 26 engraved plates, 7 folding, 2 folding engraved maps only (both loose, left-hand section of one map torn away, some leaves slightly browned, some scoring in crayon), original boards (slightly soiled, some wear to spine and extremities), stamp of the Bibliotheca Franciscana ad S. Claram Cathari to each title. [Sabin 25126 calls for 4 maps and 24 plates; 2 of the plates are charts included in the plate count, but 2 maps appear to be lacking from vol. I] Sold not subject to return. (3)

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FORSTER, Johann Georg Adam (editor and translator). Geschichte der Reisen, die seit Cook an der Nordwest- und Nordost-Küste von Amerika und in dem nördlichen Amerika selbst von Meares, Dixon, Portlock, Core, Long u.a.m. unternommen worden sind, Berlin: Bossische Buchhandlung, 1791, 3 volumes, 4° (250 x 202mm.), additional printed title loosely inserted in volume II, 26 engraved plates, 7 folding, 2 folding engraved maps only (both loose, left-hand section of one map torn away, some leaves slightly browned, some scoring in crayon), original boards (slightly soiled, some wear to spine and extremities), stamp of the Bibliotheca Franciscana ad S. Claram Cathari to each title. [Sabin 25126 calls for 4 maps and 24 plates; 2 of the plates are charts included in the plate count, but 2 maps appear to be lacking from vol. I] Sold not subject to return. (3)

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Collection of voyages to the northwest coast of America, with special emphasis on the fur trade and Indian inhabitants.

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