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Lot 143

ANSON, George Anson, 1697-1762.

Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid
$250

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $50,000
$1,000,000 $100,000

ANSON, George Anson, 1697-1762. A Voyage Round the World,

London: Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, etc., 1776.

In the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, by George Anson, esq; afterwards Lord Anson ... compiled, from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter ... Illustrated with forty-two copperplates.

Fifteenth Edition.



Quarto. xx, 417, [2] pages. With folded map frontispiece. XLII Numbered Plates, including maps.

Bound in leather, raised bands, decorative gilt panels, red leather spine label, gilt spine title, gilt dentelles.


H: 11 3/4 W: 9 1/2 in.

Good. Corners and edges bumped and rubbed., front hinges cracked at head and tail, foxing Pl. XIV, foxing and slight tears to Pl. XXVI (map).
With bookplate, “Nihil sine labor, John Cator.”

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.