Lot 81
  • 81

Barrow, John

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Barrow, John
  • Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions from the Year 1818 to the Present Time: under the Command of the several Naval Officers employed by Sea and Land in search of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1846
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FIRST EDITION, 8vo (215 x 132mm.), xiv, 530pp., engraved portrait, 2 maps (one folding and linen-backed), contemporary calf gilt, red label, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, folding map somewhat offset, covers slightly marked

Literature

Lada-Mocarski, 124; Hill (2004) 73

Condition

A good copy
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Catalogue Note

A sequel to the 1818 edition of A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions (see lot 80).