Description
Early 19th-century volume from The Percy Anecdotes, Original and Select, featuring Vol. XV: Shipwreck; Travelling. Published in London for J. Cumberland, 19 Ludgate Hill, 1826, this is one of the more desirable individual volumes from the 20-volume set due to its strong maritime, shipwreck, travel, and adventure-history subject matter.
This attractive antique volume is bound in period half leather with marbled boards, gilt spine decoration, and red leather spine labels. The Shipwreck section includes a printed dedication to Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, K.B., adding a notable Royal Navy and maritime-history connection. The volume also includes engraved frontispiece/title material and a separate Travelling title page printed for T. Boys, Ludgate Hill, dated 1822, reflecting the part-title structure of the original Percy Anecdotes publications.
Highlights:
* Vol. XV of The Percy Anecdotes: Shipwreck; Travelling
* Published by J. Cumberland, London, 1826
* Desirable maritime and travel subject volume
* Printed dedication to Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, K.B.
* Decorative half-leather binding with marbled boards and gilt spine detail
* Includes earlier 1822 T. Boys Travelling title page/frontispiece material
* Compact antique volume with strong shelf appeal and historical interest
Condition: Antique book with expected age wear, including rubbing to leather and boards, edge/corner wear, scuffing, areas of leather loss along the spine and edges, foxing, toning, and staining to some pages. The book presents well for its age and remains an appealing early 19th-century maritime/travel-related volume.
A great addition for collectors of antique books, maritime history, shipwreck accounts, travel literature, decorative bindings, or early 1800s literary miscellanies.
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