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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man : relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South Pole, his wonderful passage thro' a subterraneous cavern into a kind of new world ... / by R.S. a passenger in the Hector : in two volumes.

Accession number
PML 152308-09
Creator
Paltock, Robert, 1697-1767.
Published
London : Printed for J. Robinson ... and R. Dodsley ..., 1751.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Advertisements on last 4 pages of v. 1, and last 5 pages of v. 2.
Engraved folding frontispiece, and 4 plates by Boitard.
Dedication signed: R.P. [Robert Paltock]. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
Six plates by Boitard at end of v. 1, and 6 by Heath & others after designs by Stothard, bound with the text. The Stothard plates may be from a later ed.
Description
2 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary calf. In a folding box leather and cloth box.
Classification
Department