DAMPIER, William.

A new voyage round the world . . . The third edition corrected. London, printed for James Knapton, 1698 [and] Voyages and Descriptions. Vol. II. In three parts, viz. 1. A supplement of the voyage round the world . . . 2. Two voyages to Campeachy . . . 3. A discourse of trade winds . . . To which is added a general index to both volumes. London, printed for James Knapton, 1699 [and] A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699 . . . Vol. III . . . The second edition. London, printed by W. Botham for James Knapton, 1709 [and] A continuation of a voyage to New Holland, &c.

London, printed by W. Botham for James Knapton, 1709. Together 4 vols, 8vo (190 x 120 mm), pp. [x],vi, 550, [4, advertisements], with five maps, pp. 257–72 browned, marginal repair with loss to catchword on p. 489; pp. [viii], 184, 132, [4], 112, [76], with four maps; pp. [xxiv], 162, [9], [5, advertisements], with 15 plates and maps; pp. [xiv], [ii, advertisements], 198, [8], [2, advertisements], with 18 plates and maps; contemporary panelled calf (not uniform); rebacked. A set of Dampier’s celebrated voyages. ‘It is not easy to name another voyager or traveller who has given more useful information to the world; to whom the merchant and mariner are so much indebted; or who has communicated his information in a more unembarrassed and intelligible manner. And this has been done in a style perfectly unassuming, equally free from affectation and from the most distant appearance of invention. It is with peculiar justness of feeling that the author of the Navigation aux terres australes, speaking of him, demands, “mais ou trouve t’on des navigateurs comparables à Dampier?” [i.e. Charles de Brosses, 1756]. Swift approved the plainness and simplicity of his style, as is evident by Captain Lemuel Gulliver hailing him “cousin”. Many editions of Dampier’s voyages have been printed, and they have been so fairly worn out that at this time it is difficult to procure a complete set’ (James Burney, Chronological history of the . . . Pacific Ocean IV, 1816, p. 486).

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• Bestellnummer: T1697

• Antiquariat: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)