Lot 250
  • 250

Carver, Jonathan

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Carver, Jonathan
  • Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766-1768. London: C. Dilly, 1781
  • paper
Third edition, second issue (see footnote), 8vo (219 x 128mm.), [iv], 22, [ii blank], [xxii], xvi, 17-544pp., [xx pp. index], engraved portrait, 2 folding engraved maps [coloured outlines], 5 engraved plates [4 hand-coloured], tree calf by J. Mackenzie [c.1830]

Literature

Howes C215; Sabin 11184

Condition

A fine copy
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Catalogue Note

This second issue of the third edition is considered the most complete and "best edition" (Howes) of Carver's account. It includes a biographical sketch of the author and an index which first appeared in this issue, and a hand-coloured tobacco plant plate which first appeared in this edition.