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Auction archive: Lot number 35

HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor) Navigantium atque Itineran...

Fine Printed Books
21 Mar 2012
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,745 - US$7,909
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$5,536
Auction archive: Lot number 35

HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor) Navigantium atque Itineran...

Fine Printed Books
21 Mar 2012
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,745 - US$7,909
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$5,536
Beschreibung:

HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor). Navigantium atque Itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers. London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1764. 2 vols., 2° (403 x 257mm.). Titles in red and black, printed in double column. 40 engraved plates and 20 maps by Emanuel Bowen only (of 21), 14 of the maps folding or double-page. (Lacks the map of the Southern Continent in vol. I, titles slightly browned, occasional spotting of text, a few margins waterstained.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, red edges (a little rubbed).
HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor). Navigantium atque Itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers. London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1764. 2 vols., 2° (403 x 257mm.). Titles in red and black, printed in double column. 40 engraved plates and 20 maps by Emanuel Bowen only (of 21), 14 of the maps folding or double-page. (Lacks the map of the Southern Continent in vol. I, titles slightly browned, occasional spotting of text, a few margins waterstained.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, red edges (a little rubbed). Third edition of this 'valuable and esteemed collection'. Expanded from its original publication in 1705, its 2000 folio pages made it as great a challenge to the printer as Johnson's Dictionary . The only comparable collection is Churchill's which was a selection of the best, and not a compendium of all known voyages and travels like Harris's. Lowndes III, 1002; OCLC 9882085. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
21 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
21 March 2012, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor). Navigantium atque Itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers. London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1764. 2 vols., 2° (403 x 257mm.). Titles in red and black, printed in double column. 40 engraved plates and 20 maps by Emanuel Bowen only (of 21), 14 of the maps folding or double-page. (Lacks the map of the Southern Continent in vol. I, titles slightly browned, occasional spotting of text, a few margins waterstained.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, red edges (a little rubbed).
HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor). Navigantium atque Itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers. London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1764. 2 vols., 2° (403 x 257mm.). Titles in red and black, printed in double column. 40 engraved plates and 20 maps by Emanuel Bowen only (of 21), 14 of the maps folding or double-page. (Lacks the map of the Southern Continent in vol. I, titles slightly browned, occasional spotting of text, a few margins waterstained.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, red edges (a little rubbed). Third edition of this 'valuable and esteemed collection'. Expanded from its original publication in 1705, its 2000 folio pages made it as great a challenge to the printer as Johnson's Dictionary . The only comparable collection is Churchill's which was a selection of the best, and not a compendium of all known voyages and travels like Harris's. Lowndes III, 1002; OCLC 9882085. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
21 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
21 March 2012, London, South Kensington
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