Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake
First Edition.
21.5cm x 13cm. xii, 402; vi, 395 pages, 1 folding map, 13 plates (6 tinted lithographs), black and white illustrations in the text, 2 advertisement slips. Half leather, marbled papered boards.
Commanded by the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. &c. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc. To which is Added the Account of Mr. E. B. Kennedy’s Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula.
Ex-Brooklyn Public Library, perforated stamps. Page extremities tanned and brittle, lots of small chips and tears, significant page repairs to the preliminaries of volume 1 and the folding map. The tinted plate, Hut on Brierly Island with a 6cm closed tear to one edge. Some loss to the advertisement slip in volume 1. Occasional minor soil. Stain to the gutter edge of the final two plates in volume 2. Good Condition (ex-library).
AU$2,500.00
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