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ELLIS, Henry (1721-1806). A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, In the Years 1746 and 1747, For Discovering a North West Passage… London: H. Whitridge, 1748. 8vo. Illustrated with folding frontispiece map, 9 engraved plates throughout (4 folding). xxviii, [1]-336 pp. Approximately 7 ? x 4 ¾". Bound in contemporary full calf, boards double-ruled in gilt, spine ruled in gilt, five raised bands (spine quite worn, labels apparently missing, front board nearly detached, rear joint cracked, boards worn and soiled, endleaves offset, text and plates toned with occasional foxing and thumbsoiling, front folded map reinforced at fore-edge). Still, good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE ACCOUNT OF THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE FROM HUDSON BAY. "Ellis... was hydrographer, surveyor, and mineralogist on the expedition, which proved, finally, the nonexistence of a Northwest passage from Hudson Bay" (Hill). Hill 540. Sabin 22312.