Lot 138
  • 138

Log books

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of log books bound in two volumes
  • paper
Crespigny, V.C. de. Three log books bound in one volume for HMS Minotaur, Northampton and Dido, 1879-1883, folio (320 x 200mm.), numerous watercolour views, illustrations and maps, including some relating to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the West Indies, contemporary red half morocco 

Wrey, R. Three log books bound in one volume for HMS Duke of Wellington, Inconstant, and Doris, 1870-1875, folio (310 x 200mm.), numerous diagrams and maps including a plan of Port Stanley, contemporary half sheep, somewhat worn





An attractive collection of illustrated log-books. Locations visited and depicted in map or watercolour include Malta, Vourlah Bay, Marmaris Bay, Sardinia, Majorca, Dominica, Martinique, Jamaica, Nova Scotia, San Domingo (Haiti), Newfoundland, South Carolina, Rio, and the Falkland Islands.

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

An attractive collection of illustrated log-books. Locations visited and depicted in map or watercolour include Malta, Vourlah Bay, Marmaris Bay, Sardinia, Majorca, Dominica, Martinique, Jamaica, Nova Scotia, San Domingo (Haiti), Newfoundland, South Carolina, Rio, and the Falkland Islands.