Barrington, Daines

Miscellanies.

London, printed by J. Nichols, 1781. 4to. iv + viii + 342 + ii + 343–478 + 471–540 + 547–558 pp. + 2 engraved portraits + 2 engraved maps (1 folding) + 5 letterpress genealogical tables (1 folding). Contemporary mottled calf, backed marbled boards (rubbed), a few leaves with marginal waterstains and a few minor tears repaired without loss. First edition. A collection of tracts on various subjects including: the possibility of approaching the North Pole; a translation of Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle’s Journal of a Spanish Voyage in 1775 to explore the Western coast of N. America, relating to the Northward exploration to Alaska; an account of the young Mozart, with an engraved plate; and a dissertation on the Linnaean System (on pp. 262–75).
“Maurelle’s Journal in the present work is the only contemporary account in English of this Spanish sea voyage.
The map accompanying this narrative, drawn up by Barrington, shows the Pacific coast from Cape de Corrientes in Mexico to Cape St. Elias in Alaska” (Lada-Mocarski). Lada-Mocarski 34. Soulsby 681d. Sabin 3628.

• GBP 900.00 > otras divisas
• nº de pedido: 00005

• librero: Lowendahl Rare Books Ltd (THAILAND)