Lot 29 , Anderson, George William - A New, Authentic and Complete Collection of Voyages around the World,

Anderson, George William - A New, Authentic and Complete Collection of Voyages around the World, folio, old calf - worn, front board detached, with frontis portrait, 155 plates and maps, London 1784 [1784-86] together with an unframed coloured engraving of The Death of Captn. James Cook ... 1779
Estimate £400-600

The stamps are George V halfpenny green c.1920, the cancellation date is illegible, we have no reason to believe the paper is a genuine first edition.

Maps / charts - 22
Plates - 133
Total 155
With folding maps and frontispiece

Typa and Macao
View on the West Coast of America (2)
Bay of Australia
View of Sandwich Islands
Sketch of the Harbour of Samganooda
Chart of Norton Sound and Bheerings Straight
Chart of North West Coast of America
Sketch of Nootka sound
Sketch of Karakakooa Bay
Chart of Friendly Islands
Sketch of Tongatboo
Wanooaette Islands
Chart of Van Diemen's Land
Plan of Adventure Bay
Map of Kerguelen's Land
Map of Bothain Bay
View of Admiralty Islands
Chart of New Britain
Chart of Nova Hibernia
Queen Charlotte's Islands (2)
Pitcairn Islands
View of Masa Fuera
View of Sir Charles Saunders Islands
Map of Otaheita
Map of Cook's Rivers
Chart of Cook's Strait
Chart of Otaheite
A general chart (folding)



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Sold for £950