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PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122

Frezier | A voyage to the South-Sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, 1717

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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

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PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122


FREZIER, AMEDEE FRANCOIS

A voyage to the South-Sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru in the years 1712, 1713 and 1714... With a postscript by Dr Edmund Halley. London: for Jonah Bowyer, 1717


FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, (233 x 180mm.), title printed in red and black, 37 engraved plates and maps (18 folding), one leaf "Directions to the Binder" after the Preface, contemporary speckled calf, [ESTC T145981; Hill, p.115; Sabin 25926], scattered spotting, small repair to first map, spine cracking