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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  10 Dec 2014 ~ 12noon (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  175
• Lot Description:
  A collection of miscellanies bound together as one volume
  c1780. 1 v. Various pagination. Marbled boards with brown leather spine. Upper board starting. Ex libris. Inscription to pastedown. Ex library. Binding tight. This unusual edition was originally part of a set and includes: 'The journal of a voyage undertaken by order of his present majesty, for making discoveries towards the North Pole by the Hon. Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge, in His Majesty's sloops Racehorse and Carcase'. London : F Newbery, [1774]. Includes 2 folding maps. A journal kept by someone on the Carcase. 'The progress of satire : an essay in verse'. London : J Bell, [1798]. 'The critic, or, A tragedy rehearsed : a dramatic piece in three acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane'. London : Printed for T. Becket. Adelphi. Strand, [1781]. Engraved title page. 'Count Benyowsky; or, The conspiracy of Kamtschatka. A tragi-comedy, in five acts', translated by Rev. W Render. Cambridge : printed for the author, [1798]. Shows the usual signs of wear and browning, otherwise a sound copy. Scarce. G- to G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$900 - 900
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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