11-18-201811-18-2018
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3176BBoston
November 18, 2018 11:00 AMCalender
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Hearne, Samuel (1745-1792) A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean.

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$3,998$3,250
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3176BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2018 11:00AM

Description:

Hearne, Samuel (1745-1792) A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795. First edition, large quarto, illustrated with large folding engraved map of the route bound as frontispiece and an additional eight plates (of which three are folding views, one is a full-page illustration, and the other four are folding maps); bound in full contemporary marbled calf boards, rebacked, both boards detached, 12 x 9 1/4 in.
Estimate $3,000-4,000

[pi]2, a-e4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3M4, 3N2.


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Keywords

Hudson's Bay, Hudson, London, Wales