Title: Three facsimile editions of classic travel and exploration titles Author: Place: Amsterdam and New York Publisher: N. Israel & De Capo Press Date: Various dates Description: 3 volumes in 6. (8vo), mostly cream simulated vellum with blue leather cover and spine labels lettered in gilt, acetate jackets. First Facsimile Editions. Includes: Callander, John. Terra Australis Cognita Or Voyages to the Terra Australis,or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Complete in 3 volumes. Each volume with fold-out map. Facsimiles of the original editions of 1766-68. 1967. Dillon, Peter. Narrative of La Perouse's Expedition. Complete in 2 volumes. each volume with folding frontispiece (volume 2 colored), volume 2 with colored folding map, and b&w plate illustration. Originally published in 1829. 1972. Howay, Frederic, editor. Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast, 1787-1790 and 1790-1793. With illustrated plates. Bound in simulated blue leather, white labels lettered in gilt. No acetate jacket, as issued. Originally published in 1941. 1969. Excellently produced facsimile editions, from the Bibliotheca Australiana, and the Bibliotheca Australiana Extra Series. Lot Amendments Condition: One volume with tear to acetate; all volumes near fine or better, mostly fine. Item number: 288217
Title: Three facsimile editions of classic travel and exploration titles Author: Place: Amsterdam and New York Publisher: N. Israel & De Capo Press Date: Various dates Description: 3 volumes in 6. (8vo), mostly cream simulated vellum with blue leather cover and spine labels lettered in gilt, acetate jackets. First Facsimile Editions. Includes: Callander, John. Terra Australis Cognita Or Voyages to the Terra Australis,or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Complete in 3 volumes. Each volume with fold-out map. Facsimiles of the original editions of 1766-68. 1967. Dillon, Peter. Narrative of La Perouse's Expedition. Complete in 2 volumes. each volume with folding frontispiece (volume 2 colored), volume 2 with colored folding map, and b&w plate illustration. Originally published in 1829. 1972. Howay, Frederic, editor. Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast, 1787-1790 and 1790-1793. With illustrated plates. Bound in simulated blue leather, white labels lettered in gilt. No acetate jacket, as issued. Originally published in 1941. 1969. Excellently produced facsimile editions, from the Bibliotheca Australiana, and the Bibliotheca Australiana Extra Series. Lot Amendments Condition: One volume with tear to acetate; all volumes near fine or better, mostly fine. Item number: 288217
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