Lot 131
- 131
Phillips, Richard
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Phillips, Richard
- A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels. London: J.G. Barnard [vols I and VI-VIII], Barnard & Sulzer [vols II-III], and B. McMillan [vols IX-XI], 1805-1810
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11 volumes, 8vo (8 ½ x 5 3/8 in.; 215 x 137 mm). 17 engraved maps (of which 14 are folding), 82 plates (of which 39 are folding and 6 hand-colored); occasional light browning, offsetting and spotting, a few plates have fold tears or spotting, lower outer corner of folding plate at 5:14 torn entering image, occasional clean tear in a folding table or map, some browning in vol 11. Contemporary half diced Russia gilt over marbled boards, spines panelled in blind, marbled edges; rubbed, corners bumped with some tears, some cracking on joints or hinges.
Provenance
Viscount Doneraile (inscriptions on most titles, 1786-1854) — Quentin Keynes (his sale, Christie’s, 26 September 2007, lot 15)
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Rare Complete Set of the first series of 54 travel accounts selected and edited by Phillips and first issued in monthly parts, here with the general- and part-titles to each volume. Complete sets are rarely found as this format was issued only for the nobility and the wealthy; only three other complete sets are recorded in ABPC since 1975. The editor published a further series of 9 volumes (1819-1823) under the title New Voyages and Travels.