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Description:
Hakluyt, Richard (1552?-1616) The Principal Navigations. London: Bishop, 1599 [-1600].
Folio, volumes one and two only of three, lacking the general title page that should appear at the beginning of volume one, in this copy supplied with the title from volume two, lacking text leaves B2-4 in volume one (pages 15-20) text supplied in later pen facsimile; bound in later half calf, boards detached, some chipping, staining, tears, and other slight defects to contents, lacking map, 11 1/4 x 7 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
*2-6, **6, A-Z6 (lacking B2-4),Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Ddd6, Eee3; *8, A-Z6, Aa-Cc6.
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