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BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

Anson | A Voyage Round the World, 1748

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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

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800 - 1,200 GBP

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BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108


ANSON, GEORGE

A voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV... compiled... by Richard Walter. London: printed for the Author, 1748


LITERATURE:

Hill (2004) 1817; Sabin 1626


PROVENANCE:

Philip Stanhope (1714–1786), 2nd Earl Stanhope, presentation inscription dated October 1748 to Grisell Baillie; George Baillie (1664–1738), engraved armorial bookplate, applied posthumously; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington