10th Jan, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Roger Casson Collection

 
Lot 13
 

13

Hearne (Samuel) A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean....

Hearne (Samuel)
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772, Strahan and Cadell, 1795, quarto, large folding frontis map, eight plates (seven folding), all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt (re-backed retaining original backstrip)



Sold for £2,600
Estimated at £2,000 - £2,500


 

Pencil inscription stating that this is a large paper copy. Lengthy inscription to fly leaf. Some light foxing in places. Some foxing to the plates. Bookplate to front pastedown. Endpapers split at hinges.

 


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Auction: The Roger Casson Collection, 10th Jan, 2019

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