OVINGTON, John (1653-1731). A Voyage to Suratt, in the Year, 1689. London: Jacob Tonson, 1696. 8° (186 x 116mm.) 2 folding engraved plates, folding table, half-title, with the final blank. (Wormhole in first two leaves slightly affecting line border on title, first three leaves a little discoloured, quires Mm-Pp browned.) Contemporary calf, blind rolls on sides, spine gilt with label (spine a little worn).

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OVINGTON, John (1653-1731). A Voyage to Suratt, in the Year, 1689. London: Jacob Tonson, 1696. 8° (186 x 116mm.) 2 folding engraved plates, folding table, half-title, with the final blank. (Wormhole in first two leaves slightly affecting line border on title, first three leaves a little discoloured, quires Mm-Pp browned.) Contemporary calf, blind rolls on sides, spine gilt with label (spine a little worn).

'Giving a large account of the city and its inhabitants and of the English factory there'. There are also detailed accounts of Madeira, Ascension Island, St Helena, Bombay, the coasts of Arabia and the Cape of Good Hope. Wing O-701.

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