Signed by Philip Burden to the half-title. Hardback. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. A few colour plates within the introduction, otherwise B&W illustrations. 410 entries. 568pp. Weight in excess of 4 Kg.
It’s an impressive work that combines historical, biographical, and bibliographical data. The encyclopaedia covers all known expeditions, voyages, and travels, providing information on the traveller’s themselves and placing them in their historical context.
Title: Matthias Quad, Geographisch Handtbuch. Author: Quad. Condition: Very good. Map pages are on guards allowing for easy disbinding. Weight: 1.3 Kg. Pages: 205.
Britannia Volume the First, or An Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales by John Ogilby 1675. Facsimile for Duckham’s Oils printed by Waterlow 1929. Boards discoloured and tipped-on spine label detaching, binding sound, 106pp inc 100 colour plates all very clean and bright.