CARTER, GEORGE. A Narrative of the Loss of the Grosvenor East Indiaman, which was Unfortunately Wrecked upon the Coast of Caffraria...on the 4th of August, 1782. London: Printed at the Minerva Press, for J. Murray...and William Lane, 1791. 8vo, original drab boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, sides a bit stained, portion of front free endpaper lacking, quarter-morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, folding engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates (2 with light foxing) after designs by Carter. Blakey, pp. 155-6.

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CARTER, GEORGE. A Narrative of the Loss of the Grosvenor East Indiaman, which was Unfortunately Wrecked upon the Coast of Caffraria...on the 4th of August, 1782. London: Printed at the Minerva Press, for J. Murray...and William Lane, 1791. 8vo, original drab boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, sides a bit stained, portion of front free endpaper lacking, quarter-morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, folding engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates (2 with light foxing) after designs by Carter. Blakey, pp. 155-6.

This famous shipwreck occurred on the coast of South Africa; two of the engraved plates are of local natives (Caffres).

Provenance: Lauriat, Jr., leather book label.