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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Switzerland
About Item: London, John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1823. With 30 engraved plates by E. Finden and J. Curtis after drawings by Curtis, G. Back, and R. Hood, of which 10 are handcolored (9 of these aquatints), 1 text illus. and 4 engr. folded maps at the end of the Appendix. XVI pp. incl. half-title, errata-slip, 768 pp. 4to. Contemp. half calf (rep.). London, John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1823. (and:) THE SAME. Narrative Of A Second Expedition To The Shores Of the Polar Sea, in The Years 1825, 1826, And 1827. With 31 engraved plates by E. Finden after drawings by G. Back and E.N. Kendall, several text illus., and 6 engraved fold. maps (1 partly colored in outline). XXIV, 320 pp., CLVIII pp. Appendix, (1) errata leaf. 4to. Contemp. half calf. London, John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1828. First editions of Sir John Franklins (1786-1847), vice-admiral of the Royal Navy dramatic and fascinating records of his two Arctic expeditions, two classic books of Arctic hardship are offered here together for sale.- Slightly… Read More
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