Bougainville | A voyage round the world, 1772

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE
A voyage round the world… translated… by John Reinhold Forster. London: J. Nourse and T. Davies, 1772

4to (260 x 207mm.), 5 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plate, contemporary calf, Z3 with piece torn away at margin, some maps slightly frayed, slight spotting and offsetting, joints worn

LITERATURE:
ESTC T82890; Hill (2004) 165; Sabin 6869

PROVENANCE:
George Baillie (1664–1738), engraved armorial bookplate applied posthumously; Hon. George Baillie (c.1721–1797), signature on title; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington

Condition Report:
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