1779 World Displayed Columbus Voyages Illustrated 120 Plates & MAPS Inca TORTURE

“Navigation, like other arts, has been perfected by degrees. It is not easy to conceive that any age or nation was without some vessel, in which rivers might be passed by travelers…but we have no knowledge of any ship that could endure the violence of the ocean before the ark of Noah.”

― Samuel Johnson, “The World Displayed,” Introduction.

An incredible set. Collected by John Newbery, “The World Displayed” is a collection of essays and writings from various writers on voyages from around the world. Samuel Johnson wrote an introductory essay to this work. This 15-volume set features 120 plates including a scene of Christopher Columbus describing the countries he had visited. The illustrations are impressive – especially those found in the first volume: views of Columbus’s arrival in the New World, meetings with Spanish royalty, and views and descriptions of the indigenous tribes in America!

Item number: #23550

Price: $995

NEWBERY, John

The world displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations

Dublin: Printed by James Williams, 1779.

Details:

·       Collation: Complete with all pages; 15 volumes

o   Vols. 1-2, 4, 7-10, 12-19

o   120 engravings throughout! (including folding)

·       Language: English

·       Binding: Leather; secure

·       Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 9cm)

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