FIRST EDITION QUARTO HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS. A VERY GOOD COPY PRESENTATION LABEL OF PREVIOUS OWNER ON FEP UPPER HINGE STRAINED BUT SECURE. TITLE PAGE DEDICATION(4pp) PREFACE(6pp) POEM ON NEWTON BY R GLOVER(15pp) CONTENTS(7pp) LIST OF SUBSCIBERS(16pp) 407pp. TITLE PAGE AND DEDICATION ARE LOOSE. 12 PLATES MOST FOLDING ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT.
VOLUME 2 ONLY (OF 2). FULL TREE CALF (BUT FRONT BOARD DETACHED). TWO PLATES AS CALLED FOR A NICE CLEAN COPY TIGHTLY BOUND APART FROM DETACHED BOARD. 464 PAGES
GEORGE ANSON LATE LORD ANSON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF A SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIPS SENT UPON AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH SEAS COMPILED FROM HIS PAPERS AND MATERIALS BY RICHARD WALTER M.A. CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP THE CENTURION IN THAT EXPEDITION. TWO VOLUMES CROWN 8vo FULL ELEGANT MOROCCO BINDINGS IN TAN GILT BY PAUL DELRUE FOLDING MAP. A VERY HANDSOME SET.
