Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/3
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    19 Columbus.—Youne (Filson) CuristopHeR CoLumsBus, map and tllusts., 2 vols, 8vo., c/., 1906 12s 20 Cooke (Capt. Edward) A Voyace to the Sout Sea and round the Wor Lp, 1708-12 [by the Ships Duke and Dutchess, of Bristol], containing a Journal of all Memorable Transactions during the said Voyage... the Taking of . a Rich Acapulco Ship . . . a Description of the American Coasts .. . an Account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his Manner of Living... upon the Uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes, maps, tables and engraved plates of birds, fish, natives, d&c., 2 vols, 8vo., calf (backs neatly repaired), 1712 £20 First edition of both volumes. Proof that Defoe used this work in compiling Robinson Crusoe is now established, by the fact that Defoe’s copy has been found with his MS. annotations. 21 [Cunningham (J.)] Essay on TRADE and ComMERCE . . . with some Interest- ing Reflections on the Importance of our TRADE TO AMERICA, 8vo., hf. sheep, edges entirely uncut, 1770 £1 10s 22 Dampier (Capt. William) Cotnection of VoYAGES, BEST EDITION, numerous engraved maps and copper-plates, 4 vols, 8vo., original calf, 1729 £20 Vou. 1.—Dampiers Voyage round the World, 1681-91, describing the West Indies, Mexico, New-Honuanp, &c. Vou. 2.—SuppLEeMENT to the Voyage round the World, Two Voyages to Campeachy, aid a Discourse on Trade-winds. Vou. 3.—VoyacE to New Howtanp, 1699-1700, and Wafer’s Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America. Vou. 4.—DampieR’s and Cowiey’s Voyages round the World, Captain Sharp’s Hx- pedition into the Sout Szas, &c. Dampier was the first English navigator to sketch the natural history features and to make collections. His herbarium of 40 Australian specimens, 18 of which are figured in his ‘‘ Voyage,’’ is still preserved at Oxford. A New Voyac# round the WorRLD, maps and illusts., 4to., hf. parch- ment, Argonaut Press, 1927 £1 A reprint of Vol. 1 of Dampier’s Voyages—the voyage to the West Indies, to Chili, Peru, the East Indian Islands, New Holland and the Cape. 24 De Pagés (M.) TRAvEts round the Wortp, 1767-71, 2 vols, 8vo., boards, uncut, 1791 15s . 23 25 Dixon (Capt. George) VoyacE round the Wor xD, particularly to the N.-W. Coast of America, 1785-88, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, charts and plates, the Natural History plates in coLOUR, 4to., hf. calf, 1789 £5 This expedition was fitted out to establish a trade in tuys on the N.-W. Coast of America, Capt Portlock of the King George being in chief command and Capt. Dixon in the Queen Charlotte. St. Jago, the Falkland and Sandwich Islands, Cook’s Inlet, Prince William’s Sound, and Nootka were visited, and parts of that coast surveyed, including Queen Charlotte’s Islands. 26 Drouin de Bercy (M.) L’Evrors et i? AMERIQUE comparées, coloured plates of Niagara, Mexico, Floating Gardens of Mexico, Marriage Danse of Canadians, d&c., 2 vols, 8vo., hf. roan, 1818 ; £1 4s 27 Eardley- Wilmot (Lieut. S., #d.) Our Journnau in the Pactric, by the Officers of H.M.S. Zealous, map and illusts., 8vo., cl., 1873 12s 28 Emigration.—Nurriz (George) A PraoticaL GuipH for Emicrants to Norri AMERICA, including the U.S., Lower and Upper Canada, and Newfoundland, folding map, 12mo., original wrapper, 1850 15s 29 Froude (James Anthony) Eneuisn Szeamen in 16TH CENTURY, First Epy., 8vo., cl., 1895 10s . Kadina wa Slave Trade, Drake’s Voyage orn the World, the Great Expedition to the West Indies, &c.
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