A New Voyage round the World, by a course never sailed before. Being a Voyage undertaken by some Merchants, who afterwards proposed the setting up an East-India Company in Flanders. Illustrated with copper plates

Defoe, Daniel

Verlag: Printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon, in Pater-Noster-Row ; and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XXV.

Beschreibung

1725. First edition, in two parts, possibly published 1724. Rebound by Kennys Bindery in full leather, decorated five-banded spine with gilt anchors in four panels, red morocco lettering title and author in two panels, and with marbled end papers. Light scuffing to boards. 205pp. With three full-page folded copper plates. Without frontispiece map of globe. Leaves lightly tanned, text is crisp and clear. A title published anonymously five years after Robinson Crusoe and only attributed to Defoe fifty years after his death. A fine copy of one of Defoe's lesser known works KEYWORDS: Daniel Defoe, Dutch East India Company. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers KSG0029826

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Titel: A New Voyage round the World, by a course ...

Verlag: Printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon, in Pater-Noster-Row ; and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XXV.

Zustand: Very Good