George Cartwright (1739-1819) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a residence of nearly sixteen years on the Coast of Labrador. Newark: printed and sold by Allin & Ridge, also sold by C.G.J. & J.Robinson and J.Stockdale of London, 1792. 3 volumes, 4° (290 x 235mm). 6pp. subscribers' list in vol.I, 8pp. glossary of Canadian words (repeated in each volume). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by T.Medland after W.Hilton, 3 charts on 2 folding engraved plates. (Lacking initial blank leaves to each volume, frontispiece and a few text leaves spotted, small tears to folding charts.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, covers with vellum corners, spines gilt with black morocco lettering-pieces (spines rubbed). Provenance : Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (1726-1800, inscribed 'Lord Willoughby/Wollaton' on titles). A good unsophisticated set with an interesting provenance: Lord Middleton, who was related by marriage to Cartwright, is listed as having subscribed for 10 copies. Only the Duke of Newcastle and two London booksellers subscribed for more (25 copies each). George Cartwright, after early military service as aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Granby, was sent to Labrador by Bristol merchants to trade with the Inuit. The present account describes six journeys he made to both Labrador and Newfoundland: hunting, trapping and trading. On one of his return trips to England, in December 1772, Cartwright brought with him an Inuit family of two brothers, their wives and a five year old child. Tragically, all but one of the women died of small-pox before they could return to Labrador. Cartwright eventually retired to Marnham Hall, his estate in Nottinghamshire, where he lived on until 1819. Sabin 11150. (3)
George Cartwright (1739-1819) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a residence of nearly sixteen years on the Coast of Labrador. Newark: printed and sold by Allin & Ridge, also sold by C.G.J. & J.Robinson and J.Stockdale of London, 1792. 3 volumes, 4° (290 x 235mm). 6pp. subscribers' list in vol.I, 8pp. glossary of Canadian words (repeated in each volume). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by T.Medland after W.Hilton, 3 charts on 2 folding engraved plates. (Lacking initial blank leaves to each volume, frontispiece and a few text leaves spotted, small tears to folding charts.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, covers with vellum corners, spines gilt with black morocco lettering-pieces (spines rubbed). Provenance : Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (1726-1800, inscribed 'Lord Willoughby/Wollaton' on titles). A good unsophisticated set with an interesting provenance: Lord Middleton, who was related by marriage to Cartwright, is listed as having subscribed for 10 copies. Only the Duke of Newcastle and two London booksellers subscribed for more (25 copies each). George Cartwright, after early military service as aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Granby, was sent to Labrador by Bristol merchants to trade with the Inuit. The present account describes six journeys he made to both Labrador and Newfoundland: hunting, trapping and trading. On one of his return trips to England, in December 1772, Cartwright brought with him an Inuit family of two brothers, their wives and a five year old child. Tragically, all but one of the women died of small-pox before they could return to Labrador. Cartwright eventually retired to Marnham Hall, his estate in Nottinghamshire, where he lived on until 1819. Sabin 11150. (3)
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