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PINKERTON, JOHN. A General Collection of the best and most interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme...and Cadell and Davies 1808-14. 17 vols., 4to, contemporary diced calf gilt, rebacked, corners renewed, new labels, joints cracked, a few spines chipped, some wear, foxing and offsetting throughout. 195 engraved plates on 192 sheets (two of them folding). Sabin 62957 ("A Collection of great merit and importance. Several northern voyages are included in the first volume, and vols XI. to XIV....relate mostly to America..."). (17)