- 1269
Thomson, Charles Wyville
Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
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Description
- The Voyage of the Challenger. The Atlantic. A preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876. London: Macmillan and Co., 1877
- paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (223 x 145mm.), (vol.1) xxx [the portrait frontispiece is included in the pagination], [ii], 424pp.; (vol.2) xiv, [ii], 396pp., [iv pp. adverts], 44 maps, plates, and diagrams [40 folding], illustrations, original green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, slipcase, occasional spotting
Provenance
Albert Harrison, bookplate
Literature
Borba de Moraes p.861; Spence 1197; not in Rosove
Catalogue Note
Thomson was scientific director on board HMS Challenger during its three-year circumnavigation of the globe under George Nares.