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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

First edition. Four folding maps, errata tipped onto verso of title-page, 23pp ms material tipped in and annotations on 29 pages. [With:] Trial of Lieutenant General John Whitelocke, Commander in Chief of the Expedition Against Buenos Ayres. First edition. Text in double-column. Folding frontispiece map. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine elaborately gilt, black morocco labels to spine, gilt, rubbed upper joint cracked but holding nicely, engraved bookplate to front pastedown. viii, 216, [2ads], 216pp. London, An excellent volume comprising an overview of the disastrous expedition to capture Buenos Aires led by John Whitelocke. Here we have both an account of the expedition, plus the full transcript of the trial.   The 24pp of tipped in notes are transcripts of general orders made during the expedition. Of greater interest are the annotations, which appear mostly in the first title. They are written by someone clearly knowledgeable of the expedition and whose annotations provide extra information or information clarifying the text. He was likely connected to the expedition. Palau, 375051; Sabin, 103672 & 103680.