拍品 85
  • 85

PHIPPS. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE, BOUND WITH 2 OTHER WORKS

估價
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • A Voyage towards the North Pole. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 15 folding or double-page engraved plates and charts, 11 folding letterpress tables, [Hill (2004) 1351; Sabin 62572]
Horsley, Samuel. Remarks on the observations made in the late voyage towards the North Pole. London: B. White, 1774, FIRST EDITION, 15pp., [ESTC T85024] Barrington, Daines. Instances of navigators who have reached high northern latitudes. [London]: Benjamin White, [1774], FIRST EDITION, 8pp., drop-head title, [ESTC T11204] 3 works bound in one volume, 4to (280 x 222mm.), contemporary mottled calf gilt, covers with gilt fillet rule, occasional offsetting, binding expertly repaired and rebacked to style

來源

James Smith, engraved armorial bookplate, G. & N. Ingleton, bookplate and MS note noting purchase in 1946

Condition

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拍品資料及來源

AN ATTRACTIVE COPY of Phipps’s narrative, bound with two related works. Daines Barrington’s pamphlet is rare.