Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages. 1809-12
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[Travel/Exploration] Hakluyt, Richard. Hakluyt's collection of the early voyages, travels and discoveries of the English Nation. London: printed for R. H. Evans [and others], 1809-1812. 5 volumes. One of 250 printed on Royal Paper (of an edition of 325 total). Contemporary diced calf boards rebacked in modern brown cloth."The best and most complete edition". (Hill). "An accurate reprint of the best folio [edition of 1599-1600] with the addition of those voyages which were published in the first edition, and omitted in the second. It likewise has a supplement containing all the voyages and travels printed by Hakluyt, or at his suggestion, which forms the latter part of the fourth, and the whole of the fifth volume" (Lowndes). Hill p.132; Lowndes II,p.972; Sabin 29599.Condition: Scattered foxing. Wear and chipping to board edges.Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.
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