- 70
Ross, Sir John.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829 [-] 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835
first edition, wide margins, subscriber's copy, 2 volumes (including Appendix), 4to (314 x 247mm.), 50 (of 51) engraved and lithographed plates and maps, some folding, many hand-coloured, list of subscribers at end of appendix volume, original blue cloth, flat spines lettered in gilt, lacking gathering *B (pp.ix-xvi) and accompanying plate in Appendix, some spotting, frontispiece loose, bindings somewhat worn
Provenance
Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., M.P., Horsham (listed as a subscriber), see note to lot 60; thence by descent
Literature
Hill p.261; Sabin 73381 and 73384; Abbey, Travel 636
Catalogue Note
loosely inserted is ross' rare Explanation and Answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage... (4to, 8pp., original printed wrappers with title, no date). Staton & Tremaine [2/7385] and the BL date the publication to 1835, Sabin [73370] to 1849.