PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD.

Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, Commander of the Expedition. Illustrated by numerous Plates.

London, John Murray, 1824. 4to. Contemp. full calf. rebacked, but original gilt spine preserved. Corners a bit bumped. Light wear along edges. Stamp on foot of title-page. Engraved frontispiece. (8),XXX,(2),571,(1) pp., Textillustrations, 38 engraved plates (9 maps - 4 large and folding, 25 plates, 4 folded coastal profiles). Tissue-guards to plates. A bit of offsetting on title-page. A few scattered marginal brownspots.


First edition. - Sabin, 58864.

Order-nr.: 54180


DKK 6.500,00