Sale 22JK02 | Lot 311

WAFER, LIONEL A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Giving an Account of the Authors Abode There, the Form a...

Catalogue: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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Lot 311
WAFER, LIONEL A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Giving an Account of the Authors Abode There, the Form a...
London: James Knapton, 1704. Stated second edition. Contemporary paneled calf rebacked. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13 cm); with folding copper-engraved map and three folding copper-engraved plates, [16] 283, index, ad to verso of final leaf. Upper cover detached and front endpaper nearly so, toning and spotting, small early ink signatures to title, the plates clean, bookplates of Randall Hatfield and Andrew Christian Zabriske.

Wafer was a surgeon turned buccaneer and this is considered one of the best accounts of the Isthmus of Panama. The work features a folding map and fine engraved plates depicting natives. Sabin 100940.


C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 10am EDT