PETHERICK (Edward Augustus). Catalogue of the York Gate Library Formed by Mr. S. William Silver. An Index to the Literature of Geography, Maritime and Inland Discovery, Commerce and Colonisation.1886

John Murray. Second Edition, 4to, cxxxii,336pp., 18 plates, orig. imitation vellum, a little soiled and stained, hinges slightly cracked, uncut, t.e.g. The Silver collection of exceedingly rare early voyages and travels (consisting of about 5,000 books and pamphlets) was largely acquired during the dispersal of the Beckford, Hamilton, Ellis, and Wodhull sales.