Lot 17•
MORRIS (ISAAC) A Narrative of the Dangers and Distresses Which Befel Isaac Morris, and Seven More of the Crew, Belonging to The Wager Store-ship, Which Attended Commodore Anson, in his Voyage to the South Sea... ... with a Description of the Manners and Customs of the Indians... the whole serving as a Supplement to Mr. Bulkeley's Journal, Campbell's Narrative and Ld. Anson's Voyage, FIRST EDITION, S. Birt... Sold by A. Tozer, Bookseller, in Exeter, [c.1750]
26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £8,812.50 inc. premium
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MORRIS (ISAAC)
A Narrative of the Dangers and Distresses Which Befel Isaac Morris, and Seven More of the Crew, Belonging to The Wager Store-ship, Which Attended Commodore Anson, in his Voyage to the South Sea... ... with a Description of the Manners and Customs of the Indians... the whole serving as a Supplement to Mr. Bulkeley's Journal, Campbell's Narrative and Ld. Anson's Voyage, FIRST EDITION, very small repair to upper inner corner of title and final leaf, nineteenth century tree calf gilt, rebacked preserving most of original spine with morocco gilt lettering label, t.e.g., modern solander box [Hill 1187; Sabin 50834], 8vo (205 x 130mm.), S. Birt... Sold by A. Tozer, Bookseller, in Exeter, [c.1750]
Footnotes
Rare narrative written by Isaac Morris, a midshipman on the Wager, and one of the men abandoned in Patagonia by Bulkeley and Cummins. Here the party "remained about fifteen months, 'til they were seized by a party of Indians, and carried above a thousand miles into the inland country", with Morris being one of three men who eventually returned to England by way of Buenos Aires and Portugal. Only one copy is recorded on Rare Book Hub as having sold in the past fifty years.
Provenance: Dr. Otto Leopold Schmidt (1863-1935), bookplate.