A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts. . Others translated out of foreign languages, and now first publish'd 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 four 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
1704
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050711
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v.,plates . ill.., maps . fol... Vol. 3 imprint has "Black Swan" in Roman type. Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.2 (6 in later hand). Shelved with vols. 5-6 (1732).. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol. (pasted over earlier plate): George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: 18th century Cambridge-style panelled calf bindings; blind roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with red title labels (missing on vol. 4). Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Churchill (1690-1714) Awnsham Churchill (d.1728)