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Meares, John: Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed ... A voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka;… London, printed at Logographic Press, and Sold by J. Walter, 1790, First Edition. Complete with: stipple-engraved portrait of the author, 10 Engraved Maps and Charts (3 folding), & 17 Plates (some folding or double-page). 4to. PP: viii, (v)List of Subscribers, (vii)Contents, xcv, (i)Errata, 372, (cviii)Appendix, Plus the 28 plates & Maps. Leather backed marbled boards, Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to front pastedown and another armorial bookplate to verso of title; a content page torn (without loss); one plate a little trimmed (but still with very good margin); some of the folding plates have been professionally strengthened on back of the folds; couple of pages with marginal tear & small loss (well away from text); occasional spotting and some offsetting.
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Meares, John: Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed ... A voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka;… London, printed at Logographic Press, and Sold by J. Walter, 1790, First Edition. Complete with: stipple-engraved portrait of the author, 10 Engraved Maps and Charts (3 folding), & 17 Plates (some folding or double-page). 4to. PP: viii, (v)List of Subscribers, (vii)Contents, xcv, (i)Errata, 372, (cviii)Appendix, Plus the 28 plates & Maps. Leather backed marbled boards, Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to front pastedown and another armorial bookplate to verso of title; a content page torn (without loss); one plate a little trimmed (but still with very good margin); some of the folding plates have been professionally strengthened on back of the folds; couple of pages with marginal tear & small loss (well away from text); occasional spotting and some offsetting.
Sold for £2,300

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