$1,476
A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels. London: for Thomas Astley, 1745-1747. First edition, four quarto volumes, engraved frontispieces present in all four volumes; volume one illustrated with fifteen full-page plates and eight folding maps; volume two illustrated with fifty-one full-page plates and maps and twenty-one folding plates and maps; volume three illustrated with sixty-four full-page plates and seven folding, text edited by John Green, the work is known as Astley's Voyages in common parlance; ex libris Drew Theological Seminary Library with a few blind stamps, numbers stamped on titles, and on rubber stamps on title versos, rebound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards, some minor water staining, 10 x 8 in. (4) Estimate $800-1,200 I: [frontis]1, [pi]4, a-b4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, 4A-4R4; II: [frontis]1, [pi]4, a2, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, 4A-4Z4, 5A2; III: [frontis]1, [pi]4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, 4A-4G4, 4H3; IV: [frontis]1, [pi]4, b4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4,4A-4Z4, 5A-5C4, 5D-5M2, 5N3. Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-11-11
