Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808)

Lot 72
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Lot 72 | Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808)
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808)
A Collection of Voyages chiefly in the Southern Atlantick Ocean. Published from Original M.S.S. London: printed for the author, sold by J. Nourse, P. Elmsly et al, 1775.
First edition of this valuable work. It starts with a 19-page preface made up of letters written by the author to Lord North in 1772 in an effort to get government approval and backing for a proposed voyage to the southern Atlantic in search of terra australis incognita: Cook's return in 1775 and his report of the discoveries made during his second voyage rendered the expedition unnecessary. In support of his plans, Dalrymple here publishes accounts of the voyages of Edmund Halley (in 1698, 1699 and 1700), Ducloz Guyot de St. Malo (in 1753), Loziers Bouvet (in 1738-1739) and John McBride in 1766-1767. Sabin 18336; Spence 335.

Quarto (262 x 205mm). Half-title, 4 engraved coastal profiles or charts on three leaves, 2 of which folding (as usual lacking the contents leaf with facsimile loosely inserted, part-title 'Two voyages made ... by Edmund Halley' misbound after First 'Dr Halley's First Voyage', one folding chart faintly spotted and occasional insignificant light browning to text). Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original labels, extremities faintly rubbed).
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