ANONYMOUS ; [ THOMSON, William ]Livre Rare Book
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1788634078vo harcover, full contemporary calf binding, Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1788, X-367 pp. with 6 plates
185259975Colored folding map, mounted on linen, G. F. Cruchley, 81 Fleet Street, London, s.d. [ circa 1850-1860 ], 79 x 66,5 cm. Full title : Cruchley's Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales with Part of Scotland ; Showing all the Railways & Turnpike Roads with the Great Rivers and the course of the different Navigable Canals : The Market and Borough Towns and principal places adjoining the Road ; to which is added the distance from one market town to another, with the exact admeasurement prefixed to each from the metropolis.
1839715771 carte dépliante en entoilée en couleurs, format 44 x 75 cm sous chemise cartonnée avec liste de repérage, Engraved & Published by J. Cross, 18, Holborn opposite Furnival's Inn. J. Cross, London, 1839
1748493London, John and Paul Knapton in Ludgate Street, 1748. This is a subscriber copy, so the real first edition of Anson's book. A brick of a book with 215 x 260 mm, 80 mm thick. 33 unpaginated pp. at the beginning, 417 (2) pp. Contemporary thick binding of a deep purple hue, four nerves on the spine, three black title pieces with author's name, book title and year in gold print characters. Includes the list of subscribers, p. 319 incorrectly designated as p. 219, two pages of instructions to the binder at the end of the book. With 42 copper plates: 14 maps and 28 engravings, all folding (38 having dimensions close to the book itself or to unfold horizontally and 3 being large folding maps). Comes with a sliding protective case. This is a copy of George Anson's account of his circumnavigation voyage. Complete with all the features which are often missing or signal a later edition. A lively tale of hardship, courage, curiosity, risk-taking and doing the impossible: overtaking Spain on the Peru coast, taking a Spanish galleon and completing the travel around the world with an awesome booty and an epic story to tell. The victory of Anson's Centurion launched the age of British dominance over the oceans and paved the way for a Victorian empire where "the sun never sets."
