The Shipwreck, A Poem by William Falconer. A Sailor. Collated with the Earlier Editions. With Additional Notes and Illustrations, and a Sketch of the Author's Life. FALCONER William 1732-1770 Publisher: John White; And R. Dodd Publish Year: 1808 Publish Place: London: Fleet Street; Charing Cross. Illustrator: DODD Robert 1748-1815 Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007701 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £2,000 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information A wonderful copy, with excellent margins, very clean & with very vivid plates. First edition with Eighteen Superb Hand Coloured Maritime Plates by Robert Dodd. Quarto, xlvii, [1], [1, title] [1], 175 pp, [1 printers]. Complete with folding engraved map, eighteen hand-coloured plates after Dodd, and four hand-coloured vignettes. Extremely rare with the coloured plates. (285*227 mm). Contemporary speckled calf, covers with gilt tooled and fillet borders, expertly re-backed to style (quite some time ago), gilt ship devices in compartments, black morocco gilt spine labels, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled blue. Armorial bookplate ( Henry Arthur John Silley). light tip wear, old catalog description tipped in, bound without half title. Overall, a wonderful copy with excellent margins, very clean and with very vivid plates.
