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PHILLIPS, RICHARD, Sir, publisher.
New Voyages and Travels.
157 plates; 25
maps. General and part titles present. 9 volumes. 8vo, 226x144 mm, 20th-century
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straight-grain morocco gilt; scattered mostly minor foxing and marginal stains minimally
affecting plates, few clean tears in text leaves, one map in Volume 7 bound upside down;
uncut.
London, 1819-23
[800/1,200]
HANDSOME AND COMPLETE SET
of the continuation to Phillips’s 1805-10 Collection of
Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels. Hill 1350.
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PORTLOCK, WILLIAM HENRY.
A New, Complete, and Universal Collection
of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels to all the Various Parts of
the World.
90 engraved plates. 234; [5]-836, [4] pages. 2 volumes. Folio, 385x239 mm,
20th-century buckram; scattered minor foxing and mostly marginal dampstains, split
between 9Y2 and 9Z1 with 2 plates in between loose.
London: Alex. Hogg, [1794]
[400/600]
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PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE.
An Historical and Geographical Description
of Formosa.
15 engraved plates; folding map; folding engraved table of the “Formosan
Alphabet.” [56], 288, [8] pages. 8vo, 190x115 mm, contemporary panelled calf gilt, spine
ends chipped, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, cords intact; contents toned or
browned with scattered marginal foxing, outer margin of plate 4 frayed with slight image
loss. Osterley Park bookplate of the Earl of Jersey.
London: Mat. Wotton et al., 1705
[500/750]
Second edition of a famous literary hoax purporting to be a factual account of the history, cus-
toms, and language of an exotic country the author had never visited. Hill 1398 (1704
original edition); Lust 237 (this edition).
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