- 734
Kotzebue, Otto von
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, undertaken in the Years 1815–1818. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821
3 volumes, 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.; 211 x 129 mm). Half-titles, 8 handcolored aquatint plates, one uncolored line-engraved plate, 7 engraved maps and charts (4 folding); occasional browning, staining, and offsetting, a bit of dampstaining to top of volume 3. Nineteenth-century half brown calf over marbled boards, red and green morocco spine labels, red-sprinkled edges; rubbed.
3 volumes, 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.; 211 x 129 mm). Half-titles, 8 handcolored aquatint plates, one uncolored line-engraved plate, 7 engraved maps and charts (4 folding); occasional browning, staining, and offsetting, a bit of dampstaining to top of volume 3. Nineteenth-century half brown calf over marbled boards, red and green morocco spine labels, red-sprinkled edges; rubbed.
Provenance
W. D. Kleinpell (bookplate)
Literature
Abbey, Travel 596; Forbes, Hawaiian National Biography 528; Graff 2356; Lada-Mocarski 80; Sabin 38291; Streeter sale 4:3512; Zamorano 80 48 note
Catalogue Note
First English edition of "one of the great early nineteenth-century voyages of discovery," with significant descriptions of Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Micronesia (Graff).