(hon. John) The Narrative...Containing An Account : Lot 323

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Lot 323

(hon. John) The Narrative...Containing An Account

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(Hon. John) The Narrative...containing an Account of the Great Distresses suffered...on the Coast of Patagonia...with a description of St.Jago de Chili...also a relation of the loss of the Wager Man of War, second edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title and endpaper, modern calf, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, 1768.

***"Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan." (Sabin).