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A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts. London: for [Anshwam & John] Churchill by Lintot & Osborn, 1744-1747. Eight folio volumes [the six original volumes compiled by the Churchill brothers supplemented by two more volumes of A Collection of Voyages and Travels, compiled by the Earl of Oxford]; the set illustrated throughout with text engravings, full and double page engraved illustrations, and folding maps; bound in uniform full contemporary calf, the spines with period gilt-lettered labels, bookplates of Henry Seymer of Hanford, Dorset pasted inside each volume. (8)
Estimate $1,500-2,500
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