NAVIGATION and COMMERCE, their ORIGINAL and PROGRESS. Containing a succinct account of traffick in general; its benefits and improvements: of discoveries, wars and conflicts at sea, from the original of navigation to this day;

EVELYN, John.

Published by London printed by Thomas Roycroft for Benj. Tooke at the sign of the Ship in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1674

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TITLE CONTINUED: with special regard to the English nation; their several voyages and expeditions, to the beginning of our late differences with Holland; in which His Majesties title to the dominion of the sea is asserted, against the novel, and later pretenders. By J. Evelyn Esq; S.R.S. FIRST EDITION 1674. Small 8vo, approximately 185 x 115 mmm, 7 x 4½ inches, woodcut headpiece and initial, pages: [8] including initial blank, 1-120, followed by Table [14] plus 2 pages of adverts, collation A1-K4, A1 is first blank, K3 Errata on recto verso blank, K4 advert leaf. Original pitted calf covers with new calf spine, new morocco gilt lettered label, with engraved bookplate of Albert Ehrman (1890 1969), famous British book collector, who created the Broxbourne Library, which was donated to the British Library). Slight rubbing to binding, slight shelf wear to edges of covers, corners worn with board just showing at tips, pale browning at edges of pastedowns and endpapers, strip of matching paper to inner hinges of front and rear endpapers, pages 26, 85 & 86 have small neat pale old ink corrections to agree with the errata, original text still visible, (possibly the hand of Evelyn as they are crossed out with horizontal lines and the correction above, similar to the one shown in Keynes, page 127), these corrections are not in all copies, pale age-browning in places, 2 small pale brown spots on page 119, paper fault to 1 lower corner, no loss, small private shelf number to top of last pastedown, otherwise a very good copy. Originally written as the introduction to Evelyn's History of the Battle for Sovereignty over the Seas between England and Holland, which he had been commissioned to write by Charles II. By the time it was published peace had been negotiated with Holland and the work gave such offence to the Dutch that the ambassador demanded its suppression. The rest of the work, given to Samuel Pepys in 1681 for his proposed history of the Navy, is lost. See: Sotheby's, The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Part 8, page 131, No. 2654; Geoffrey Keynes, John Evelyn A Study in Bibliophily, pages 201-206, No. 92; Christies catalogue 1974, A Selection from The Scott Library of Navigation and Marine Science, page 61; Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Volume 1, page 124, No. 2078; The Kress Library of Business and Economics, Volume 1, page 76, No.1358; Joseph Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, c.23208: ESTC R8611. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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• Title: NAVIGATION and COMMERCE, their ORIGINAL and PROGRESS. Containing a succinct account of traffick in general; its benefits and improvements: of discoveries, wars and conflicts at sea, from the original of navigation to this day
• Publisher: London printed by Thomas Roycroft for Benj. Tooke at the sign of the Ship in St. Pauls Churchyard
• Publication Date: 1674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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