A voyage round the world, . in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; now Lord Anson, ... sent upon an expedition to the South-seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, ... Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson(1697 - 1762)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3053761
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34],417,[3]p.,plates (some folded) . ill.., maps . 4to.. Imperfect: plates only (plates numbered I-XLII); lacking plate 34. Inscription on flyleaf (18th-century hand, perhaps Viscount Tyrconnel): 'Charts & Views of Places Ports & Harbours in the South Seas 1741/2'. Pencil note to binder about this inscription: 'Preserve'. Provenance: Name in MS on flyleaf: Lord Brownlow [i.e. probably 1st baron Brownlow]. Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests. Old Belton pressmark on flyleaf: XLIII.8 (printed, in oval frame). Binding: Nineteenth-century half crushed red morocco, red marbled cloth sides, edges gilt. Spine lettered: 'Anson's Voyage / Plates / Lond. 1748.' Binder's stamp on flyleaf: Bound by F. Bedford.
Makers and roles
Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson(1697 - 1762) Richard Walter (1717 - 1785)