PBA Galleries

2 volumes. [4], 364, [4]; [8], 373, [11] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece & folding copper-engraved map in Vol. I. (8vo) 7½x4¾, later half calf & marbled boards. Fourth Edition of Life, First Edition of Farther.

The folding map with California an island, which was issued in the second volume, has in this copy been inserted in the first; it is laid on backing sheet, with creases and tears, some discoloration. The first volume is in the setting where there is no comma after ’life’ on title page; tailpiece consists of two birds flanking a flaming bowl, above a cupid’s head and bow and arrows. In the second volume the verso of A4 is blank; the drop-head title on B1 begins ’The Farther’; p. 2, line 32 ends incorrectly: "out of"; catchword p. 73: Spa-; p. 108, line 16: "three old Halberds"; p. 295 is correctly numbered; the recto of A4, l.2 reads: "Breaking" instead of "breaking". This is a variant issue not described by Hutchins; the second issue as described has "Breaking" on A4r, but also has the publisher’s announcement for the 4th edition on A4v instead of a blank, which is a feature of the first issue.