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GEORGE ANSON, BARON ANSON (1697-1762)
Voyage au Tour du Monde, Amsterdam 7 leipzig: Arkstée & Merkus, 1751. 4° (253 x 203mm.). Half title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 22 engraved plates, all but one folding and 13 folding engraved maps, headpieces. (Most maps with short clean tears, some gatherings browned, occasional spotting.) Contemporary calf (head and tail of spine chipped, front joints cracked but holding, very rubbed, small chipps to lettering-piece). Second edition in French, containing the world map. Cox I, pp. 49-50; Sabin 1637.
Voyage au Tour du Monde, Amsterdam 7 leipzig: Arkstée & Merkus, 1751. 4° (253 x 203mm.). Half title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 22 engraved plates, all but one folding and 13 folding engraved maps, headpieces. (Most maps with short clean tears, some gatherings browned, occasional spotting.) Contemporary calf (head and tail of spine chipped, front joints cracked but holding, very rubbed, small chipps to lettering-piece). Second edition in French, containing the world map. Cox I, pp. 49-50; Sabin 1637.
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