Atlas to Anson's A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV (43 plates)

Richard William Seale; George Anson

John and Paul Knapton, 1748

[Atlas volume of the official account of the landmark 18th-century circumnavigation] 31 x 24.3 cm. Rare issue with the plates bound separately, at a contemporary date.  43 folding plates (42 called for). Including an additional map: "Chart, shewing the Track of the Centurion round the World," normally found in the text volume, but printed separately for this atlas. Rebacked, with modern leather spine, over worn, bumped, contemporary boards. Plates have minor hand soiling, and some creases.  Small hole on plate 26.  

"A masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson's voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century" - Hill 1817. Sabin 1626; Cox Vol. I, p. 49. (Additional note: Leslie Hindman sold a similar copy for $6200 in 2018)