DOBBS, Arthur (1689-1765). An Account of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America... London, 1744. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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DOBBS, Arthur (1689-1765). An Account of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America...Shewing the Benefit to be made by Settling Colonies, and opening a trade in these Parts. London: Printed for Jacob Robinson, 1744.
4to (249 x 187 mm). Engraved folding map. (Foxing to title-page and frontispiece map.) Contemporary calf (rebacked to style preserving old spine label). Provenance: Collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.
FIRST EDITION. Dobbs, later Governor of North Carolina, was a strong advocate of the search for a Northwest Passage and opposed the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company. See previous lot. Field 433; Howes D-373; Lande 1144; NMM 796; Peel 8; Sabin 20404; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 193; Streeter Sale VI:3637; Wagner Northwest Coast 549.
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