Harris, John

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Description

Harris, John
Navigantium ayque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: or a compleat collection of Voyages and Travels... by John Harris... London: printed for Thomas Bennet; John Nicholson; Daniel Midwinter, 1705
Ink, paper and cow

Two volumes folio (15 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 390 x 240 mm). Two engraved frontispieces, thirty plates and maps; restoration on frontispiece vol. 1, some marginal tears, some pages browned. Contemporary, blind-tooled frame on panels; rebacked, title labels and endpapers renewed.

Provenance

Robert Fairfax of Steeton (bookplate) — unidentified bookplate "DP." acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 2005

Literature

Brunet III, 49; Hill p. 138; Lowndes 1002; Sabin 30482

Catalogue Note

First edition of Harris' compilation of travel writing.