Lot
295
Lot 295
(CLERKE CHARLES?). A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in...
Hammer
£750
(CLERKE CHARLES?). A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in His Majesty`s Ship The Dolphin Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron ... A Minute and Exact Description of the Streights of Magellan and the Gigantic People called Patagonians ... By a Midshipman on Board the Said Ship. 75pp plus the 14 leaf un-numbered insert re. the Patagonians (between p.26 & p.27). Engraving of figures walking underwater with gourds upon their heads. No map. Erasures, as expected, at bottom of p.26 & p.28 extending to top of p.29. Calf, rebacked. Rare. 1767.
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Tanning throughout with some foxing & spotting
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