JUKES. NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF HMS FLY. 1847

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes bound in one, 8vo (212 x 133mm.), 2 folding maps, 19 plates, illustrations in the text, nineteenth-century calf, school arms gilt on upper cover, some spotting, edges rubbed, spine faded

King Edward’s School, Birmingham, arms on binding

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Jukes was zoologist on this expedition which made a detailed scientific survey of the northeast coast of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, the subject of one of the folding maps.