A collection of voyages and travels, . some now first printed from original manuscripts, others translated out of foreign languages, and now first published in English. To which are added some few that have formerly appear'd in English, but do now for their excellency and scarceness deserve to be reprinted. In six volumes. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation, from its first beginning to the perfection it is now in, &c. The whole illustrated with a great number of useful maps, and cuts, all engraven on copper. ...
John Churchill (1690-1714)
Category
Books
Date
1732
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050143.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.6, plates . ill.., maps . fol... Shelved with vols. 1-4 (1704). Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.2 (6 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate (pasted over earlier plate): George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: 18th century Cambridge-style panelled calf binding; blind roll pattern on board edge; gold-tooled spine, title label missing.
Makers and roles
John Churchill (1690-1714) Awnsham Churchill (d.1728)