Clarke, J.S: 'The Progress of Maritime Discovery from the earliest period to the close of the 18th Century'
4to, volume 1 only (all published) London, Strahan, 1803. 5 engraved maps, 4 folding. Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, a few engravings in the text. (frontispiece offset onto title). Later half cloth, uncut. (a few minor stains on spine); together with A Yachtsman's Holidays or Cruising in the West Highlands. 8vo. London, Pickering, 1879. A few plates (lower margins at the beginning a little waterstained). Original blue pictorial cloth gilt; Also 29 others.
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Sold for £273
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(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
Clarke, J.S: 'The Progress of Maritime Discovery from the earliest period to the close of the 18th Century'
4to, volume 1 only (all published) London, Strahan, 1803. 5 engraved maps, 4 folding. Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, a few engravings in the text. (frontispiece offset onto title). Later half cloth, uncut. (a few minor stains on spine); together with A Yachtsman's Holidays or Cruising in the West Highlands. 8vo. London, Pickering, 1879. A few plates (lower margins at the beginning a little waterstained). Original blue pictorial cloth gilt; Also 29 others.
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Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Sandwich), 12th May, 2015