PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE A group of five books. . A Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa. London: D. Brown, 1704. First edition. 19th century calf-backed boards. 7 inches (18 cm); xiv, errata leaf, 136 pp; with 13 engraved plates (numbered 1-16; lacks plate 4, plate 12 never issued) and the folding alphabet table; Together with A Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa. London: D. Brown, 1705. Second edition. Contemporary panelled calf. [28] ff., 296 pp., with the folding map, alphabet and plate 4, but lacking several plates; Description de l'Ile Formosa... Amsterdam: Roger, 1705. First edition in French. Contemporary French calf. xliv, 406, [13] ff., with an extensive bookseller's catalogue; folding map plus 17 plates (complete); And PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE. Memoirs of ***, a Reputed Native of Formosa. London: for the executrix, 1764. First edition. Modern cloth. 8 1/4 (21 cm); ii, 364 pp., portrait present. An interesting group relating to Psalmanazar, whose account of his life among the Formosans was a sensation, but wholly a fabrication. The French edition is in a delightful binding of the period. Sold with a modern reprint. Estate of Braham Norwick
PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE A group of five books. . A Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa. London: D. Brown, 1704. First edition. 19th century calf-backed boards. 7 inches (18 cm); xiv, errata leaf, 136 pp; with 13 engraved plates (numbered 1-16; lacks plate 4, plate 12 never issued) and the folding alphabet table; Together with A Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa. London: D. Brown, 1705. Second edition. Contemporary panelled calf. [28] ff., 296 pp., with the folding map, alphabet and plate 4, but lacking several plates; Description de l'Ile Formosa... Amsterdam: Roger, 1705. First edition in French. Contemporary French calf. xliv, 406, [13] ff., with an extensive bookseller's catalogue; folding map plus 17 plates (complete); And PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE. Memoirs of ***, a Reputed Native of Formosa. London: for the executrix, 1764. First edition. Modern cloth. 8 1/4 (21 cm); ii, 364 pp., portrait present. An interesting group relating to Psalmanazar, whose account of his life among the Formosans was a sensation, but wholly a fabrication. The French edition is in a delightful binding of the period. Sold with a modern reprint. Estate of Braham Norwick
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