Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, or, Historical narratives of the most noted calamities and providential deliverances which have resulted from maritime enterprise :

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Comprises account of Wrecks, from the year 1421 to 1807. 3 volumes, respined, gilt tooling & titles, over contemporary worn tree calf, corners rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, half title, map frontis, (vi), [1], (xii-xix), [1], [3], 4-448 pp, 1 pl (folding map Eastern Hemisphere), small loose card addressed to Miss Besant enclosed. Vol 2, half title, [6], [3], 4-516 pp, 1 pl (folding map Western Hemisphere) engraved by D. Lizars. Vol 3, half title, [6], [3], 4-515 pp, [1], removed book label to p515. All volumes, library marks to verso tps, book plate & label of Walter Bessant (1836-1901, novelist & historian) to fpd, small bookseller label to fpd, text block edges reddened, hinges strengthened. (211*129 mm). (Sabin 80537. Ferguson 548b). Contains amongst others: Shipwreck of Francis Pelsart on the coast of New Holland, 1629. Dangerous voyage by Captain Bligh, in an open boat, from Tofoa to Timor, 1789. Wreck of the ship Sidney on a reef in the South Sea, 20th May 1806 by A. Forrest. and much more