Isaac Basire (1704 - 1768) — A Pholey Town & Plantations About It, from Moore (Illust)
London: Gentleman's Magazine, [1745?]. 14 x 9 inches. Very Good. Laid paper. Travels into the inland parts of Africa: containing a description of the several nations for the space of six hundred miles up the River Gambia; their trade, habits, customs, language, manners, religion and government; the power, disposition and characters of some Negro princes; with a particular account of Job Ben Solomon. Scarce. Isaac Basire (1704 - 1768) was an engraver and first in a family line of prolific and well-respected engravers. Isaac Basire was known as a map engraver. His most well-known work is the frontispiece to an edition of Bailey's dictionary (1755). .