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John Harris (editor, 1667?-1719)
Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: or, a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels: Consisting of above Four Hundred of the most Authentick Writers, London: Thomas Bennet (and others), 1705. 2 volumes, 2° (369 x 235mm.). 2 engraved frontispieces, 30 plates and maps, a few folding. (A few maps detached, some very light browning). 19th-century green half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-pieces (a few scuff marks, some heavier scoring to the lower cover of vol. one, lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Walter Stirling 1772 (signature on titles). cf. Brunet III, 49: "Collection estimée" (1744 edition); cf. Lowndes 1002; Sabin 30482. (2)
Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: or, a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels: Consisting of above Four Hundred of the most Authentick Writers, London: Thomas Bennet (and others), 1705. 2 volumes, 2° (369 x 235mm.). 2 engraved frontispieces, 30 plates and maps, a few folding. (A few maps detached, some very light browning). 19th-century green half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-pieces (a few scuff marks, some heavier scoring to the lower cover of vol. one, lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Walter Stirling 1772 (signature on titles). cf. Brunet III, 49: "Collection estimée" (1744 edition); cf. Lowndes 1002; Sabin 30482. (2)
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