A collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, .... And continued with others of note, that have published histories, ... Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, ... Digested according to the parts of the world, ... with historical introductions to each account, ... And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes, ...
Category
Books
Date
1745
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3046255
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates :. ill., maps (2 fold.) ;. fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate (upside down on lower pastedown in v.1), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf, sewn onto six raised bands; double gold fillets on boards; title and volume spine labels. Vol. 2 in bookshoe. Remnant of lozenge-shaped pressmarks at head of spine.