Notes of Travel Printed Area Measurement_26.5 x 31.5 cm Peter Needham’s excellent edition of

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

Un-numbered leaves

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

This map of Africa was drawn and engraved by Edward Weller

Notes of Travel Printed Area Measurement_26.5 x 31.5 cm Peter Needham’s excellent edition ofNotes 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,