NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR CLIMATE, GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE-FISHERY

Published by Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall., Edinburgh and London, 1831

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NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR CLIMATE, GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE-FISHERY. London., Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall., 1831. Octavo. Three-quarters morocco and marbled boards. Minor foxing on first four pages, binding worn on the corners, front hinge weakening, slight loss of text from pages being stuck, else very good. Lacking map. 468pp. Second edition, enlarged. Includes chapters on Arctic geology, climate, flora and fauna as well as narratives of the major voyages undertaken and a chapter on the whale trade. Amply illustrated with attractive woodcuts. Three-quarter morocco and marbled boards.

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Title
NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR CLIMATE, GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE-FISHERY
Author
Professor Leslie, Professor Jameson and Hugh Murray
Publisher
Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall., Edinburgh and London
Publication year
1831
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
None
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Branston
Edition
2nd ed. enlarged.

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L’estampe Originale, founded in 1978 by Sandra Sofris Dolmatch, MFA, is a private art and antiquarian book dealer devoted to the research and selling of fine original prints, drawings, paintings, and sculpture- old master, nineteenth and twentieth century. It is a small company based on the traditional European model, that is to say with a medium sized and varied inventory embracing both major artists and minor, expensive and inexpensive .The list of writers, publishers and artists represented in our inventory is numerous, the techniques include a variety of drawings, etchings, engravings, aquatints, mezzotints, dry points, lithography, woodcuts, wood engravings, screen prints and a selection of mixed media. Although we are by nature generalists in the field, we have particular strengths in 19th and 20th century prints, paintings, and rare books.Sandra has been a member of ABAA, CINOA and ILAB since 1980. She numbers among her clients, private collectors, libraries, foundations, as well as museums and rare book rooms in Europe, Asia, and Australia.You will find many of her antiquarian books, prints, and drawings as L’estampe Originale on the following websites: https://www.lestampeoginale.com https://www.abaa.org https://www.biblio.com https://www.abebooks.com https://www.ilab.com If you wish to see images of the items in my inventory PLEASE GO TO https://www.biblio.com where we are in the process of illustrating all items listed here.

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