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 3050711.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2.,plates . ill.., maps . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.2 (6 in later hand). Shelved with vols. 5-6 (1732).. 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, with red title label. Red and brown sprinkled edge.
Makers and roles
John Churchill (1690-1714) Awnsham Churchill (d.1728)