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London, England: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1756. Second Edition (probably third impression). Leather-bound. INCOMPLETE: No foldout Map, and missing 2 of the 4 plates called for in this edition. Octavo. Rebound in plain sheep. xxiv,264p. This is the stated Second Edition with "Large Additions by the Author; Illustrated by Copper Plates", and more specifically, this probable third printing of said second edition: Fold-out plates present: PLATE 2: "North Prospect of Mahon" AND & "North East Prospect of Philips Castle"; PLATE 3: Ciudadella in Minorca; PLATE 4 consists of 8 figures on one fold-out page. "Reissued twice in 1756, the second reissue containing an additional 'Letter from an officer in Minorca' dated 1755 (Eddy, 'Samuel Johnson: book reviewer', pp.33-5)" (ESTC, T112620).

Dublin: Printed for Peter Wilson, 1756. 12mo (170 x 105 mm), [2], xvii, [1], 248p., with half-title, upper corner of E8 torn away and just touching one letter, folding engraved map of the Island (gutter margin a little creased), cont. half calf, rebacked, marbled boards and corners rubbed, spine tolled in gilt with a red morocco title label. First published in 1752, this rare Dublin edition was published in the same year as the London second edition. "Mr. Armstrong's Omissions, which, in the London Edition, that Gentleman has supplied by an Appendix, are in this introduced in the Body of the Work, at the several Places to which they respectively belong."—Advertisement leaf. Provenance: Lieutenant William Grant's signature in ink to front-free endpaper. ESTC locates copies at National University of Ireland (Galway); Royal Irish Academy; Public Library of Cincinnati; University of Chicago.

London: L. Davis, and C. Reyers, c. 1756. A very good example of this uncommon book, plates and map are clean.. Edition: 2nd edition, Binding: Contemporary full vellum, gilt green morocco title label on flat spine, all edges tinted red. , Size: 8vo, Illustration: 1 folding map and 4 folding plates., References: Graesse I 224; Cox I 132, Pages: P. frontis, title, blank, (3), blank, vii-xxiv, 1-264, Category: ; Book Europe Spain