MISCELLANIES....
Barrington, Daines:
London. 1781. iv,viii,557,[1]pp. plus two maps (one folding), five tables (one folding) and two plates. Quarto. Early 19th-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Slight edge wear. A few fox marks on preliminary and final leaves. Overall a very good, clean copy. A strange ensemble, but the two articles of the greatest interest in the collection are "The Possibility of approaching the North Pole discussed" and "Journal of a Voyage in 1775. To explore the coast of America, Northward of California." This section, some ninety pages long, was written by Don Francisco de la Bodega and is illustrated with a map of the Pacific Coast of America from Baja to Alaska, with capes named by Bodega marked. Wagner comments at length on the origin of this often inaccurate map. Much of the first article was drawn from information provided by whaling captains. There are several pieces devoted to natural historical subjects, as well as "Ohthere's 'Voyage, and the Geography of the Ninth Century illustrated.'" In addition, there is an account, illustrated with an engraved portrait, of "a very remarkable young musician" (i.e. Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Mozart). HILL 56. LADA-MOCARSKI 34. HOWES B177. STREETER SALE 2445. BELL B61. WAGNER NORTHWEST COAST 674.
(Item ID: WRCAM162A) $2,250.00