[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] ANSON, GEORGE, LORD a voyage round the world, in the years mdccxl, i, ii, iii, iv... London: Richard Walter, 1748. First edition, subscriber's issue. 4to. Complete with dedication and list of subscribers and illustrated with 42 folding maps, plans, and plates. Contemporary gilt-paneled brown calf, gilt spine compartments, edges stained pink, rubbed and worn, joints cracked, hinges crudely repaired; scattered, light foxing but internally generally clean, small worm hole at front and through the first 80 pages and first 12 plates, closed tear in "A Chart of the Southern part of South America," and to "A Chart of the Channel in the Philippine Islands," with some creasing to "A Chart of the Pacific Ocean." Armorial book-plate of Arthur Holdsworth on rear paste-down (mounted upside down) and signature of same, dated 1760, in pencil on front paste-down. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down and call number in pencil on same and on title-page. Sabin 1625. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.