Journal Of A Voyage To Greenland, In The Year 1821. With Graphic Illustrations.
by Manby, George William
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- Hardcover
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London: F. & W. B. Whitaker,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1823. Second Edition. Iithographed; 8VO; 8vo (217 x 129 mm). Engraved folding map; 20 lithographed plates (a few folding) ; numerous illustrations in-text. 20th-century half morocco, marbled boards (upper joint repaired, lower joint starting). Provenance: Collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks. Second edition, with plates depicting icebergs and whaling scenes after J. D. Harding, and printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, representing early examples of lithography in England. Manby joined Captain Scoresby's whaling expedition in the summer of 1821 on the Baffin, during which Scoresby tested a new harpoon design. The expedition took them to Spitzbergen and along the east coast of Greenland. Arctic Bibliography 10844; Sabin 44195. These lithos are among the earliest from to area. .
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- Title
- Journal Of A Voyage To Greenland, In The Year 1821. With Graphic Illustrations.
- Author
- Manby, George William
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F. & W. B. Whitaker,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
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