Lot 498

Macgillivray, John





Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
£1,500
Description
Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake... during the years 1846-1850. Including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade archipelago. London: T. & W. Boone, 1852. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, 13 lithographed and engraved plates, illustrations, two advertisement slips bound in, 12pp. & 8pp. advertisements at end, original blindstamped cloth, a few plates lightly spotted, small library blindstamp on title, bookplate, giltstamp on upper cover and number on spine, horizontal tear (without loss) to head of spine volume 1
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