Evelyn (John). Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress, 1st edition, 1674
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Evelyn (John). Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress. Containing a Succinct Account of Traffick in General; its Benefits and Improvements: Of Discoveries, Wars and Conflicts at Sea ... with Special Regard to the English Nation; their several Voyages and Expeditions, to the Beginning of our Late Differences with Holland; in which His Majesties Title to the Dominion of the Sea is asserted, against the Novel, and Later Pretenders, 1st edition, London: printed by T. R. for Benj. Tooke, 1674, without initial blank (A1) but retaining errata and advertisement (K3-4), contemporary blind-ruled sheep, wear to head of spine, worm-track to foot, surface-stripping to sides, 8vo (17.6 x 10.8 cm)
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Provenance:
1) 'Charles du Bois', contemporary ownership inscription in stylised Gothic bookhand to front pastedown: possibly the English botanist and treasurer of the East India Company (bap. 1658-1740).
2) Estate of John Lawson (1932-2019).
ESTC R8611; Keynes 92; Kress 1358; Sabin 23028; Wing E3504.
'Commanded by Charles II to write about the history of the conflict between the Dutch and the English over the sovereignty of the seas ... Evelyn found his labours rejected as malapropos in a time of peace. The introduction was published as Navigation and Commerce in 1674, but the rest of his history, given to Pepys for his proposed history of the navy, was lost' (ODNB). 'Contains notices of Columbus, Drake, Raleigh, and other early navigators' (Sabin).
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Sold for £1,200
Evelyn (John). Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress. Containing a Succinct Account of Traffick in General; its Benefits and Improvements: Of Discoveries, Wars and Conflicts at Sea ... with Special Regard to the English Nation; their several Voyages and Expeditions, to the Beginning of our Late Differences with Holland; in which His Majesties Title to the Dominion of the Sea is asserted, against the Novel, and Later Pretenders, 1st edition, London: printed by T. R. for Benj. Tooke, 1674, without initial blank (A1) but retaining errata and advertisement (K3-4), contemporary blind-ruled sheep, wear to head of spine, worm-track to foot, surface-stripping to sides, 8vo (17.6 x 10.8 cm)
(Qty: 1)
Provenance:
1) 'Charles du Bois', contemporary ownership inscription in stylised Gothic bookhand to front pastedown: possibly the English botanist and treasurer of the East India Company (bap. 1658-1740).
2) Estate of John Lawson (1932-2019).
ESTC R8611; Keynes 92; Kress 1358; Sabin 23028; Wing E3504.
'Commanded by Charles II to write about the history of the conflict between the Dutch and the English over the sovereignty of the seas ... Evelyn found his labours rejected as malapropos in a time of peace. The introduction was published as Navigation and Commerce in 1674, but the rest of his history, given to Pepys for his proposed history of the navy, was lost' (ODNB). 'Contains notices of Columbus, Drake, Raleigh, and other early navigators' (Sabin).
