Author: BOSWELL, JAMES
Title: An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Illustrated with a New and Accurate Map of Corsica
Description: Glasgow, Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London. 1768, 1st. Hard, 8vo. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Illustrated with a New and Accurate Map of Corsica. First edition, first issue, bound with scarce half title, last leaf blank, Z3 in uncorrected state, all misprints present, map in its first form without scale or degrees. Published Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. 8vo. 5 1/2" x 8 5/16", xxi, [1, blank], [1, table of contents], [1, blank], 382 pp. [1, blank]. Large folding engraved frontispiece map of Corsica by Thomas Phinn inserted between half title and title page. Engraved coat-of-arms on title-page. Table of Contents (b2) follows the Preface (a3-b1); Z3 in original state with "Maraina" typo; D2 in first state, with the words "John Home" incorrectly placed following the first quotation on p. 51; E2 with "enjoying the noble fief of Is-tria"; Misprints present in original, uncorrected state: "141" for "241" in the table of contents; broken "E" in "Etruscans" on p. 70, line 17 (with the lower bar showing faintly); "feelirg" on p. 137, line 11; "tha the" on p. 172, line 9; "Montgomerÿ" on p. 184, line 4; "speculati-ions" on p. 327, lines 9-10. Full calf with raised bands and gilt ornamented spine with key design, gilt edge decorations, speckled edges to text block. Some chipping at the crown and heel, outer hinges cracking, wear at the tips, else a very good copy. Internally near fine, paper clean and bright. Map is very good with light offset toning and a partial, closed tear along one of the folds. Very Good.

Keywords: Travel and Exploration History


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