Notes of Travel Printed Area Measurement_26.5 x 31.5 cm Guilford Street and the Foundling

Guilford Street and the Foundling Hospital

Un-numbered leaves

Peter Needham’s excellent edition of Theophrastus’ work on moral characters was first published in 1712

This map of Africa was drawn and engraved by Edward Weller

It illustrates the Dutch voyage of 1594 by Willem Barentsz in search of a northeast passage

Notes of Travel Printed Area Measurement_26.5 x 31.5 cm Guilford Street and the FoundlingNotes of Travel. Extracts from Home Letters written during a Two Years Tour Round the World, 1879 1881 Only edition. This is a presentation copy, inscribed ('From the writer') and initialled by the author, dated July, 1882. The letters record a young traveller's world tour, from Liverpool to Quebec, California, Australia and New Zealand; he spent nearly a year in the Antipodes (1879 80). He then visited China, Japan, the Philippines, South east Asia,