Lot 2084: MEARES, JOHN. 1756?-1809.

1. Viaggi dalla China alla Costa Nord-Ouest d'America fatti negli anni 1788 e 1789. Florence: Giovacchino Pagani, 1796. 4 volumes. 8vo (173 x 114 mm). x, 264; xv, 212; x, 238; [4], viii, 276 pp. Large engraved folding map hand-colored in outline, 21 (of 22) engraved plates. Period quarter calf, morocco spine labels, spines ruled in gilt. Scattered foxing affecting a few plates, short tears to folds of map, some rubbing and tiny chips to bindings. FIRST? ITALIAN EDITION. An edition was published in Naples in the same year, but no priority has been established. Howes M469; Sabin 47263. 2. Tvänne resor från Ostindien till Americas nordvästra kust. Stockholm: I. Utter, 1797. 8vo (168 x 100 mm). [12], 404 pp. Period calf-backed marbled boards. Foxing, mild wear to binding. FIRST SWEDISH EDITION. Abridged. Rare. Howes M469; Sabin 47265. 3. Collection de cartes geographiques. Paris: F. Buisson, An 3e de la Republique [1794/5]. 4to (308 x 219 mm). Title, list of plates, and 28 engraved plates and maps (several folding). Modern boards. Foxing and toning to several plates. Atlas volume only to the first French edition. Howes M469; Sabin 47262.