Anson george lord (16 Ergebnisse)

Frank on 7 x 13 cm panel cut from front of envelope. In good condition, lightly aged, laid down on part of leaf from album, with the reverse carrying part of the frank to a letter from another unidentified individual, with free postmark from 1826. Byron's frank has the customary red-ink postmark at top right ('FREE | 8 DE 8 | 1826'), and is laid out by him in the customary fashion: 'Portsmouth December Seven | 1826 | The Honble. Mrs. Collingwood | Hawkhurst | Kent'. Byron's signature 'Byron.', at bottom left, is only underlined, and not enclosed within the two parallel lines as required. There is a naval connection between Byron and the addressee. Collingwood House was bought by the celebrated Admiral (of Trafalgar fame) in 1816 for his daughter and her husband George Newnham. It was later the residence of astronomer Sir John Herschel.…

8° , Ledereinband. (24)pp, 548pp. (4)pp. publisher`s ads. (complete although pagination after p. 296 is misnumbered 304-548 with all catchwords matching) 3 large folding maps are damaged or missing. Bound in full calf, binding start to cracking. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

1p., landscape 12mo. In good condition, lightly-aged, with minor traces of glue from mount on reverse. With a large firm signature, the text reads: 'Admit the Bearer to the Gallery of the House of Lords | Byron. | Monday | March 7th 1846'.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Satisfaisant. 2ème Édition. Amsterdam, Arstee & Merkus,1751. XIV-330 pp., relié plein cuir moderne bleu, auteur et titre au dos, sans les cartes et gravures, page de titre renforcée et sans la vignette, page 101/102 manquante (ici en copie). Seconde édition française de cet important voyage britannique vers le Brésil et la Patagonie, contenant aussi de précieux développements sur l'Argentine, le Pérou, le Mexique et la Chine. La traduction française est d'Élie de Joncourt. Financée par le roi d'Angleterre, l'escadre commandée par l'amiral George Anson (1697-1762) était chargée d'attaquer les possessions espagnoles en Amérique du Sud. La relation a été établie par Richard Walter sur les papiers de l'amiral et publiée originellement à Londres en 1748.…

Second Dutch edition. Map. 5 charts, 9 plans, 20 plates (many folding, numbered 1-34). Vignette titlepage. 4to. half title, [xxx],384,[i] Leiden and Amsterdam, Johannes le Mair, Stephanus Jacobus Baalde, Cornelis van Hoogeveen Jr, 1765. [FOLLOWED BY:] Reize Naer de Zuidzee, met het schip de Wagner, onder het opzicht van den Heere George Anson. 8 numbered plates, vignette titlepage and dedication, Contemporary quarter calf over speckled paper covered boards, rose calf label with gilt title to spine, five raised bands with gilt ruled and tooled compartments. Hinge starting but sound, boards a little rubbed. Internally clean. Very good. [xxx], 212, [16index]pp. Leyden and Amsterdam, Johannes le Mair, Stephanus Jacobus Baalde, Cornelis van Hoogeveen Jr. …

Half leather. 1st Edition. 1st ed., quarto, original half-leather with marbled boards, later spine with raised bands and gilt. Complete with all 15 aquatint plates including folding frontispiece view of the great Volcano at Peli, folding chart of the voyage, map, views. Previous owner's bookplate fep.Some scattered foxing and toning mainly to edges of first two plates and edges of other plates (apart from the foxing to the large folding frontispiece, the remaining images themselves are clean), foxing also to final pages of Appendix. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, leather title label scuffed top edge. From the library of book collector,George John Dupuis, with his Heraldic bookplate (Suffield, 1839) to inside front cover. Very good condition. Describes the voyage to the Hawaiian Islands to return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu, who had died of measles on a visit to England. The Blonde was captained by George Anson Byron, 7th Lord Byron and the cousin of the poet. The crew included the botanist James Macrae, the naturalist Andrew Bloxam and the artist Robert Dampier. The ship's party visited a volcano and the place of death of Captain Cook, and the royal tomb. from which they took "almost all that remained of the ancient deities of the Islands". The book was compiled by Maria Graham, another cousin of Captain Byron, from the records of the ship's chaplain Richard Bloxam. The folding 'World Map' by J&C Walker and the plates described below image, "From a drawing taken on the spot by Robert Dampier". Robert Dampier (Illus.) (illustrator).…

A voyage round the world // Lederband der Zeit, mit rundum Rotschnitt, 8°, XLIV, 570 Seiten und [18 Seiten] Worterklärungen sowie [16 Seiten] Register bzw. Index; mit 18 von 22 Tafeln, Die Tafeln wie folgt eingeheftet: nach Seite 96 Tafel 1, nach Seite 166 Tafel 5, nach Seite 170 Tafel 6, nach Seite 278 Tafel 8, nach Seite 338 Tafel 12, nach Seite 358 Tafel 15, nach Seite 368 Tafel 16, nach Seite 416 Tafel 17, nach Seite 434 Tafel 19, nach Seite 468 Tafel 20, nach Seite 566 Tafel 22, sowie nach dem Register folgende Tafeln 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14; demnach fehlen die Tafeln 2, 11, 18 und 21, Zustand: gut erhaltender Lederband der Zeit, Titelblatt mit minimalem Wegschnitt unten ca. 1cm vermutlich so getilgter Besitzvermerk, Tafel 15 mit Randeinriss, insg. altersgemäß guter Zustand de 681 Buch.…

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Zustand: Good. Engraving on watermarked laid paper. 26.5 x 43 cm (sheet). Very Good, usual center book fold, light specks of foxing.

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Zustand: Near fine. 27 x 44 cm page taped to 41 x 53 cm board. Illustration itself is 18 x 34 cm. Vertical crease. "Plate XVII" engraved at top right. Minor spot at bottom edge. An important engraving from Lord George Anson's "A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-1744." This is the fifth edition of the work. Published by John and Paul Knapton in London in 1749, the work was compiled by Richard Walter from Anson's papers and materials. The account of Anson's circumnavigation of the world is considered a "masterpiece of descriptive travel" and was the "most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century" (Hill). Anson's voyage inspired many British explorations in the Pacific, including that of Captain Cook. Anson's trip was strictly a military enterprise, though, its intent to disrupt Spanish commerce. At the beginning of a war with Spain, Anson's eight ships started out with the intention of harassing the Spanish on the west coast of South America. Seven ships were lost around Cape Horn, leading to the deaths of 600 out of 900 men. While the expedition was mostly a disaster, they did capture the Manila Galleon near China so that Anson and the surviving members of his crew reached England much richer.…

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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. copper engr. map with recent hand colouring; overall 22 x 39 cm; image 19,5 x 38 cm. folds as issued; cropped to border to left margin as issued; some printer's creases; 1 small repaired tear in left margin; o/w vg cond.- An attractive plan of the Bay of Manilla together with a plan of the harbour of Acapulco from Anson's French edition of 'Voyage around the World'.…

First edition, attractively bound and including Cook's notes on the "Preservation of the Health of the Navy" amongst the appendices. Octavo (218 x 113 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece after the Reynolds portrait, with tissue guard. Mid-19th-century polished calf by Wickwar, spine ornately gilt in compartments with double morocco labels, thick gilt fillet ruling covers, edges gilt. A few marks to leather, including damp stain to foot, corners slightly bumped, superficial split to front inner hinge but firm. A very good copy.…

John and Paul Knapton, London 1753. 8vo. (24)+548+(4) pages. Erratic pagination after page 296 (297 is misnumbered 304, continuing to 548). 3 large folding maps. 20th century full calf binding in 18th century style, with gilt ornamentation. Old name on verso on first plate. Some soiling to titlepage.…

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