ANSON, George. A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, London: John and Paul Knapton, 1748, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 42 folding engraved maps, charts and plates (some repairs, tears to map at p. 237 and final map, occasional spots), contemporary speckled calf gilt (rebacked, corners restored), manuscript index of plates by early owner to front endpaper. [Sabin 1626]

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ANSON, George. A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, London: John and Paul Knapton, 1748, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 42 folding engraved maps, charts and plates (some repairs, tears to map at p. 237 and final map, occasional spots), contemporary speckled calf gilt (rebacked, corners restored), manuscript index of plates by early owner to front endpaper. [Sabin 1626]
Provenance
E. Lee Dorsett, bookplate.

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