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Author: Captain G.F. Lyon
Title: The Private Journal [...] during the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry
Description: John Murray, 1824. Leder band. 8vo. With 7 plates engraved in steel by Finden after drawings of the author. Also with a folding map. Lyon's record of the second Parry expedition to Canadian arctic waters (1821-1823). "Principally devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the aborigines of the arctic regions" (Sabin), as also the plates suggest. The narrative is rich in descriptive detail, especially concerning the Esquimaux life on southern Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula. [Arctic Bib. 10531 / Sabin 42853]. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: The Private Journal [...] during the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry
Description: John Murray, 1824. Leder band. 8vo. With 7 plates engraved in steel by Finden after drawings of the author. Also with a folding map. Lyon's record of the second Parry expedition to Canadian arctic waters (1821-1823). "Principally devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the aborigines of the arctic regions" (Sabin), as also the plates suggest. The narrative is rich in descriptive detail, especially concerning the Esquimaux life on southern Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula. [Arctic Bib. 10531 / Sabin 42853]. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Price: EUR 490.00 = appr. US$ 532.56 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 43003
- Book number: 43003