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Weddell, James
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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A Voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822–24. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825
8vo (8 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.; 225 x 136 mm, uncut). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, 4 aquatint plates, 8 engraved maps (6 folding), 2 folding aquatint plates of coastal profiles printed in blue, errata slip; some plates with a bit of marginal foxing, one folding plate with a short marginal tear. Half calf antique.
8vo (8 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.; 225 x 136 mm, uncut). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, 4 aquatint plates, 8 engraved maps (6 folding), 2 folding aquatint plates of coastal profiles printed in blue, errata slip; some plates with a bit of marginal foxing, one folding plate with a short marginal tear. Half calf antique.
Provenance
Sir Thomas Phillipps (signature, 1838, on recto of frontispiece)
Literature
Sabin 102431; Spence 1246; Taurus Collection 4 ("... the true starting point for an Antarctic collection")
Catalogue Note
First edition, Sir Thomas Phillipps's copy. Weddell sailed further south than anyone before and discovered the sea that now bears his name.