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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  38
• Lot Description:
  Dampier, William. A Collection of Voyages. In Four Volumes
  Containing I. Captain William Dampier’s Voyages round the World… II. The Voyages of Lionel Wafer… III. A Voyage round the World: containing an Account of Capt. Dampier’s Expedition into the South-Seas in the ship St. George... By W. Funnell, Mate to Capt. Dampier. IV. Capt. Cowley’s Voyage round the Globe. V. Capt. Sharp’s Journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and Expedition into the South-Seas. VI. Capt. Wood’s Voyage through the Streights of Magellan. VII. Mr. Roberts’s Adventures and Sufferings amongst the Corsairs of the Levant... Four volumes, octavo, with in total 63 charts and plates, with four pages of terminal advertisements in the first volume, and three in the fourth, an excellent set in speckled calf of the period, with neat repairs. London, James and John Knapton, 1729.
• Notes:
  The collected edition of Dampier’s voyages – initially published over a decade spanning the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries – is here supplemented with a fourth volume containing complete editions of William Funnell’s adverse account of Dampier’s last voyage in the St. George; the account of his buccaneering voyages and travels by Dampier’s associate, doctor turned buccaneer Lionel Wafer; and William Hacke’s edition of the buccaneering voyages of Cowley, Sharp, Wood, and Roberts. This is generally considered “the best and most sought-after edition of the work. If possible, this is the edition to add to a collection.” (Davidson). It has become surprisingly scarce. Casey Wood, 309; Clancy, 6.24; Davidson, pp. 32-3; Hill 2, 422; Sabin, 18373.
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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