Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca: . or, a compleat collection of voyages and travels: consisting of above four hundred of the most authentick writers; beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; ... Also, an appendix, of ... accidents at sea; ... To which is prefixed, a history of the peopling of the several parts of the world, ... By John Harris, ... In two volumes.
John Harris (1667-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3100699
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates: ill.,ports.,maps. ; . fol.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century armorial shield bookplate lettered Christopher Tower, Esq. Weald Hall (Franks 29646) [Christopher Tower (d. 1810), of Weald Hall, Essex]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Weald Hall 2/7 '48. Lot 165. Đ3.. Binding: Eighteenth-century panelled calf over boards; blind fillets, roll-tools and cornerpieces; brown leather spine label with title "Harris's Collection Voyages &c."; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
John Harris (1667-1719)