BARRINGTON, Daines (1727-1800). Miscellanies by the Honourable Daines Barrington . London: J. Nichols, 1781. The first edition of Barrington’s collected essays, including Tracts on the Possibility of Reaching the North Pole. This work also contains the first publication of Bodega y Quadra’s Alaskan voyage, translated by Barrington from the original manuscript. See lots 18 and 61. Hill 56; Lada-Mocarski 34; Sabin 3628; Streeter sale 2445; Wickersham 6653. Quarto (259 x 209mm). 2 engraved plates, 2 engraved folding maps, 5 genealogical tables (some light offsetting). Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: contemporary ink annotations identifying anonymized names – R. Stevens, 1811 (inscription) – Edward Maccias, 1876 (inscription) – Frank Dodd-Thomas, 1887 (inscription) – Louis F. Javete (Seattle collector, his sale PBA Galleries, 1997).
BARRINGTON, Daines (1727-1800). Miscellanies by the Honourable Daines Barrington . London: J. Nichols, 1781. The first edition of Barrington’s collected essays, including Tracts on the Possibility of Reaching the North Pole. This work also contains the first publication of Bodega y Quadra’s Alaskan voyage, translated by Barrington from the original manuscript. See lots 18 and 61. Hill 56; Lada-Mocarski 34; Sabin 3628; Streeter sale 2445; Wickersham 6653. Quarto (259 x 209mm). 2 engraved plates, 2 engraved folding maps, 5 genealogical tables (some light offsetting). Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: contemporary ink annotations identifying anonymized names – R. Stevens, 1811 (inscription) – Edward Maccias, 1876 (inscription) – Frank Dodd-Thomas, 1887 (inscription) – Louis F. Javete (Seattle collector, his sale PBA Galleries, 1997).
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