the northwest passage
FERRER MALDONADO, Lorenzo.
Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico per la via del nord-ouest fatto ... l'anno MDLXXXVIII.
Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1811.
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A superb large copy in contemporary green morocco of the preferred enlarged second edition.
Ferrer Maldonado's account of a spurious 1588 voyage through the Polar seas, during which the Spanish navigator claimed to have discovered the fabled Northwest Passage (here called the Strait of Anian, depicted in the folding maps). A scarce item in any edition.
Second, enlarged edition, 4to (29 x 21.5 cm). [4], 98, [2]pp., half-title, errata, explanation of plates III-V, engraved vignette to title, 5 maps and plans on 3 sheets (1 double-page, 2 folding), green straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with broad gilt borders, spine faded to olive, all edges gilt, a fine copy.
Hill p103; Howes F95; Lada-Mocarski 66; Sabin 44109.
Ferrer Maldonado's account of a spurious 1588 voyage through the Polar seas, during which the Spanish navigator claimed to have discovered the fabled Northwest Passage (here called the Strait of Anian, depicted in the folding maps). A scarce item in any edition.
Second, enlarged edition, 4to (29 x 21.5 cm). [4], 98, [2]pp., half-title, errata, explanation of plates III-V, engraved vignette to title, 5 maps and plans on 3 sheets (1 double-page, 2 folding), green straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with broad gilt borders, spine faded to olive, all edges gilt, a fine copy.
Hill p103; Howes F95; Lada-Mocarski 66; Sabin 44109.
Stock code 98472
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Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico per la via del nord-ouest fatto
Regular price
£5,000.00
Sale price
£5,000.00
Regular price
