An historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators; including those latterly undertaken by order of his present Majesty. The whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers. Drake, ... and Cook, 1767-72 together with that of Sydney Parkinson, ... And the voyage of Mons. Bougainville ... Illustrated with maps, charts, and historical prints. In four volumes. To which is added and appendix. ... Volume the first. (-fourth).
David Henry (1710-1792)
Category
Books
Date
1773 - 1774
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3092245
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., fold. maps, 21 cm. Volume 1: boxed, upper boards detached and missing, tears to title-page, map and pages iii and iv. Pencil marks on front pastedown. Volume 2: water stains to upper boards, front pastedown and front flyleaf. Volume 3: boxed, stained upper boards, folded map disbound and inserted. Pencil marks on pages 1-4. Volume 4, ink marks on title-page. Provenance: Volume 1: Inscribed in ink on title page: 'J.H. Whitmore' = John Henry Whitmore (1795/6-1853) who assumed the surname Jones on inheriting Chastleton in 1828. Volumes 2, 3 and 4: Armorial bookplate: 'Wm. Whitmore Esqr. Dudmaston-, early nineteenth-century [i.e. William Whitmore (1745-1815)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sheep, gold-ruled spines with five raised bands, red spine-labels, gold-lettered..
Makers and roles
David Henry (1710-1792)