A Catalogue of Geography Voyages: Travels AmericanaB. Quaritch, 1895 - 200 pages |
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... addition ) . I have now caused the two imperfections to be supplied , and the set is therefore a most desirable copy of the famous collection . All the parts being of what may be called the original issue , the set does not of course ...
... addition ) . I have now caused the two imperfections to be supplied , and the set is therefore a most desirable copy of the famous collection . All the parts being of what may be called the original issue , the set does not of course ...
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... Additional Relations , viz . the one of Captain Cook , and the other of Captain Sharp 4 parts or 2 vols . in 1 , sm . 4to . maps , portraits , and plates ; old calf , fine copy William Crooke , 1684 ( -85 ) The addition announced on the ...
... Additional Relations , viz . the one of Captain Cook , and the other of Captain Sharp 4 parts or 2 vols . in 1 , sm . 4to . maps , portraits , and plates ; old calf , fine copy William Crooke , 1684 ( -85 ) The addition announced on the ...
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... additional chapter concerning Spain and Ireland , pp . 1-24 . — The signatures are A , 4 leaves ; B - E in eights ; F , 4 leaves ; Frepeated , 8 leaves ; G , 4 leaves . FARIA Y SOUSA ( Manuel de ) Asia Portuguesa , 57.
... additional chapter concerning Spain and Ireland , pp . 1-24 . — The signatures are A , 4 leaves ; B - E in eights ; F , 4 leaves ; Frepeated , 8 leaves ; G , 4 leaves . FARIA Y SOUSA ( Manuel de ) Asia Portuguesa , 57.
Page 71
... addition must have taken place in few instances . In both copies , also , Sir Jerome Bowes ' account of the expedition to Russia is given in its corrected form , printed this second time according to the true copie I received . . for ...
... addition must have taken place in few instances . In both copies , also , Sir Jerome Bowes ' account of the expedition to Russia is given in its corrected form , printed this second time according to the true copie I received . . for ...
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... additional inscription referred to above . The excessive rarity of this Wright- Mollineux map is to be accounted for by the probability that seamen carried the copies away with them and teachers of navigation had them placed upon boards ...
... additional inscription referred to above . The excessive rarity of this Wright- Mollineux map is to be accounted for by the probability that seamen carried the copies away with them and teachers of navigation had them placed upon boards ...
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