A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, ... Compiled from papers and other materials of ... George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, ... Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Richard Walter (1717 - 1785)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3188947
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34], 417, [3] p. : ill., plates, maps (fold.) ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century red morocco, elaborately tooled; gold lettered spine: Anson's voyage. Rebacked.
Makers and roles
Richard Walter (1717 - 1785), author Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson(1697 - 1762)