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BOTTIGELLA, Giovanni Matteo; & Roberto Sanseverino.
Viaggio in Terra Santa. 1459
£475,000
EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT ITALIAN/LOMBARD LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPT of a little-known pilgrimage to the Holy Land made from Venice to Jaffa by sea in 1458-9, containing "the most...
Quarto (220 × 155 mm), 133 unnumbered leaves written in a professional scribal hand in ink, about 29 lines per page on lined vellum, with contemporary annotations... Read more
VANCOUVER, Captain George.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; 1798
£47,500
First edition. "Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was made commander of a grand-scale expedition… This voyage became one of the most...
3 quarto text volumes (285 × 234 mm) and folio atlas (575 × 455 mm). Text volumes in contemporary sprinkled calf, double black morocco lettering-pieces to... Read more
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COOK, Captain James.
[Three voyages:] An Account of the Voyages … for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…; 1773-85
£35,000
Second, fourth, and second editions respectively. A complete set of the official accounts of Captain Cook's three voyages around the world. "Cook did more to clarify the geographical...
9 volumes, 8 quarto text volumes (397 × 230 mm), and folio atlas (565 × 400 mm) of plates and maps to accompany the third voyage. Text volumes in early... Read more
HARRIS, John.
Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: or, a compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels: 1764
£12,500
Third edition, greatly expanded from the first edition which was published as a rival publication to Churchill's Voyages, the present edition contains the fine series of maps by...
2 volumes, folio (417 × 267 mm). Attractively rebound in full black calf, sides panelled in gilt, green morocco labels, spines gilt in compartments, marbled... Read more
BLIGH, Lieutenant William.
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; 1790
£12,500
First edition of Bligh's personal account of "one of the most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history", published two years before his full official version of the...
Quarto (288 × 230 mm) Later speckled calf, black morocco labels, panel of French fillet gilt to the boards, spine gilt in compartments with repeated wavy line... Read more
CHURCHILL, Awnsham & John.
A Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1732
£11,500
Second, enlarged edition. "Compiled by Awnsham and John Churchill, this is a very valuable collection, both for its range of coverage and for the fact that it gives the original...
6 volumes, folio (351 × 216 mm). Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, brown morocco labels, spines attractively gilt in compartments, Northern Light Board... Read more
BLIGH, William.
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, 1792
£10,000
First edition of Bligh's own full account of his voyage which led to the most famous mutiny in the history of the sea. In mid-1787 Bligh received the command of the Bounty, then...
Quarto (271 × 219 mm). Near-contemporary half calf (perhaps Irish), skilfully rebacked with original spine laid down, red morocco label, spine decorated in gilt... Read more
(COOK, James) HAWKESWORTH, John.
An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 1773
£9,750
Hawkesworth's account of Cook's first voyage was first published earlier in the same year. This, the second, "is considered the best one" (Hill), containing a new preface with the...
3 volumes quarto (279 × 220 mm). Contemporary calf, red and black morocco labels, raised bands, spines attractively gilt in compartments, single gilt fillet panel... Read more
VANCOUVER, Captain George.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed, 1801
£9,500
First octavo edition. "This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge" (Hill). George Vancouver (1758-1798) had accompanied Cook...
7 volumes, 6 octavo text volumes (220 × 138 mm) and quarto atlas of plates and maps (284 × 235 mm). Early twentieth-century red half morocco on matching... Read more
MEARES, John.
Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. 1790
£8,750
First edition, with the extra plate of the Philippines which Streeter notes as missing in most copies. John Meares (?1756–1809) "was sent out in 1786 from Calcutta, by a group...
Large quarto (287 × 230 mm). Contemporary tree calf, skilfully rebacked and relined, smooth spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, edges sprinkled blue.... Read more
HARRIS, John (ed.)
Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: 1705
£8,750
First edition of this compilation of all known voyages, apparently intended to compete with Churchill's collection. "The first edition is valuable for the original impressions of the...
2 volumes, folio (380 × 230 mm). Attractively rebound to style in half calf on marbled boards, red morocco labels, raised bands, gilt lozenges to the... Read more
DARWIN, Charles.
Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by the H.M.S. Beagle, 1839
£8,500
First edition, first separate issue of Darwin's first published book, written up from his manuscript journal and the small notebooks forming the memoranda on which the journal itself...
Octavo (221 × 135 mm). Contemporary brown half calf, titles to spine and rules to raised bands gilt, marbled sides, grey endpapers, speckled edges. 2 folding... Read more
DALRYMPLE, Alexander.
A Collection of Voyages chiefly in the Southern Atlantick Ocean. Published from Original M.S.S. 1775
£8,500
First edition. Important collection of earlier accounts of Pacific voyages. Dalrymple had done much research to promote the "counterpoise" theory of a great southern continent, and...
Quarto (260 × 202 mm) later tan half morocco on nineteenth-century marbled boards, green morocco label. 3 folding engraved coastal profiles or charts. Bound... Read more
(MÜLLER, Gerhard Friedrich) JEFFREYS, Thomas.
Voyages from Asia to America, for Completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America. 1761
£8,000
First edition in English of Müller's Nachrichten von Seereisen und zur See gemachten Entdeckungen, published in vol. III, pt I, of Sammlung Russischer Geschichte, 1758, "the...
Quarto (272 × 203 mm). Modern dark blue half morocco by Weeks & Co., marbled boards, title gilt direct to the spine, raised bands, compartments with double-fillet... Read more
MEARES, John.
Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. 1790
£6,750
First edition, with the extra plate of the Philippines which Streeter notes as missing in most copies. John Meares (?1756–1809) "was sent out in 1786 from Calcutta, by a group...
Quarto (283 × 230 mm). Lately rebound to style in quarter calf, red morocco label, marbled boards, yellow edges. Frontispiece portrait, 10 maps and 17 plates... Read more
NARBROUGH, Sir John (1640-1688) et al.
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: 1711
£6,750
Second edition, preferred over the first edition "because it has the chart of the western and southern oceans." (Hill) In 1699, Narbrough sailed onboard the Batchelour as part of a...
Octavo (190 ×114 mm) contemporary panelled calf , neatly rebacked, vermilion morocco label to the spine, raised bands. 3 folding maps and 19 engraved plates, 7... Read more
(COOK, James) ANDERSON, George William.
A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World, [1784–6]
£6,750
First edition of this "omnibus" compilation of Cook together with Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson and Drake. Printed in double column in "large new Types, constructed on...
2 volumes, folio (395 × 260 mm). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with vellum corners, somewhat worn and with some stripping of the marble from the boards,... Read more
(WEBBER, John) WAGNER, Sigmund.
Siebenzehntes Neujahrstuck, herausgegeben von der Künstler-Gesellschaft in Zurich auf das Jahr 1821. 1821
£6,250
First Edition. John Webber was born in London in about 1750, the son of the Swiss sculpter Abraham Wäber. He studied in Berne and Paris, and entered the R.A. Schools in 1775. In...
Small quarto. 13pp. Original printed light card wraps. Housed in half sheep on yellow paper board clamshell box, tan morocco label, spine gilt in compartments.... Read more
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HAKLYUT, Richard & Samuel Purchas.
The Principle Navigations [together with] Purchas His Pilgrimes. 1903–07
£6,000
A handsomely bound set of voyages and travels. Hakluyt took such patriotic pride in his countrymen's exploits in the fields of travel and adventure that he devoted his life to...
32 volumes, octavo (218 × 140 mm). Mid 20th-century brown half morocco, spine compartments in black and gilt, brown cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edges... Read more
PURCHAS, Samuel.
Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes 1905–7
£6,000
Limited Edition, one of 100 copies only on handmade paper for sale in Great Britain and Ireland, an exact reprint of the best 1625 edition with modernised orthography, references to...
20 volumes, octavo. Publisher's quarter vellum, spines lettered and decorated gilt, gilt medallions to front covers, blue cloth sides, top edges gilt, others uncut.... Read more
HAKLUYT, Richard.
Hakluyt's Collection 1809–12
£5,750
Third edition, limited issue, one of 75 large-paper copies on imperial paper. "An accurate reprint of the best folio [edition of 1599–1600] with the addition of those voyages...
5 volumes, large quarto (370 × 235 mm). Publisher's green half morocco, spine lettered and decorated gilt in compartments between raised bands, sides with double... Read more
BARROW, John.
A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793: 1806
£5,250
First edition of the "first illustrated English work on … Vietnam"(Hill). A description of the outward voyage of Lord Macartney's embassy to China. "The voyage visited Madeira,...
Quarto (263 × 209 mm) Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco on drab boards, title gilt direct to the spine, double-ruled compartments with attractive roundel... Read more
COOK, Captain James, & Captain James King.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 1784
£5,000
First Dublin edition of Cook's fatal third voyage, another attempt to find a north-west passage, during which he "discovered" Oahu and Kauai at the western end of the Hawaiian...
3 volumes octavo (206 × 118 mm) contemporary streaked calf, red and green labels to the spines, flat spines densely gilt with a repeated cinquefoil and ribbon... Read more
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel.
A Voyage Round the World; 1789
£4,500
First edition of Portlock's interesting circumnavigation, the principal, and successful, object of which was the opening of the fur trade in northwest America. Expedition leader...
Quarto (284 × 222 mm). Contemporary calf-backed sprinkled boards, leather tips, red morocco label. With engraved portrait frontispiece of Portlock by Mazell after... Read more
TAVERNIER, John Baptiste.
A Collection of Several Relations & Treatises, Singular and Curious, of John Baptista Taverier, Baron of Aubonne. 1680
£4,500
First edition in English, following the French edition of 1679. Issued as a supplement to Tavernier's Six Voyages, this volume contains a lengthy description of Tonkin, the...
Folio (298 × 190 mm). Near contemporary blind-ruled calf, tan morocco label. Folding engraved map, and 7 folding engraved plates. Dry and a little rubbed,... Read more
