Plates to Anson's voyage

Creator:

Walter, Richard, 1716?-1785

Published/Created:

London :
Printed for the author; by John and Paul Knapton, in Ludgate-Street.,
MDCCXLVIII. [1748]

Physical Description:

[34], 417, [3] p., [42] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, plan ; 28 cm. (4to)

Notes:

BEIN Zc70 +748wa copy 2: Has plates in separate v. (61 cm.) shelved with call no.: 1984 Folio 22; this v. has printed t.p. ("Plates to Anson's voyage. London. MDCCXLVIII") and also includes an extra (?) mounted port. The v. of text (32 cm.) for copy 2 also includes an extra mounted port.
Apparently compiled by Richard Walter and revised by Benjamin Robins (cf. Dictionary of National Biography, v. 48, p. 435).
There are two known states: one state has press marks on p. 21, 29, 31; one state has none.
Errata, p. [22].
"Directions to the bookbinder" ... " : p. [2]-[3] at end.

Variant Titles:

A voyage round the World, in the years MDCCXL,I,II,III,IV. By George Anson, Esq; commander in chief of a squadron of his majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-Seas. / Compiled from papers and other materials of the right honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. chaplain of his majesty's ship the Centurion, in that expedition ...

Topics:

Voyages around the world

Topics:

Anson, George Anson,--Baron,--1697-1762
Centurion (Ship)
Robins, Benjamin, 1707-1751

Caption:

Partial work digitized.

Language:

English

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

1984 Folio 22

Orbis Record:

592394

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

15827277

Citation:

Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, 3:865.
Sabin 101175.
Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. Brasiliana, 1:32.
ESTC (RLIN) T89475

Extent of digitization:

Partial work digitized.

OID:

15827165

PID:

digcoll:4033912