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Verlag: Printed for Thomas Astley, 'Published by His Majesty's Authority'. 1745-47, 1745
Anbieter: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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4 vols. 4to. Fronts, plus 225 plates, maps and charts (of 227), many folding; list of subscribers. Contemp. mottled calf, brown labels; a small amount of restoration. Bookplates of John Monins. A FINE set. FIRST EDITION. It is not uncommon to find copies with fewer plates than called for. The missing plates in this copy (from vol. II: IX, XLIV and LXXII) were clearly never bound in. Also in vol. II, Plates XXI & XXII are bound in vol. III and there are two plates lettered LXIX. Although this extensive collection was edited by John Green, it is generally known as Astley's Voyages and Travels after its publisher. Included are the voyages of George Roberts to Bermuda (1721); Atkins to Guinea, Brazil and the West Indies (1721); Smith to Guinea (1726); also the early European settlements in southern Africa, as well as an abridged English translation of du Halde's account of China. One of the best illustrated works of its kind.