Lot 509
Richardson, Sir John
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Arctic searching expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under command of Sir John Franklin. London: Longmans [&c.], 1851. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding engraved map, 10 coloured lithographs, illustrations, original brown cloth, light spotting to some plates, small blindstamp on titles, bookplates, small giltstamp on upper cover, number on spines, spines worn or split at joint
Footnote
Note: An account of the Rae-Richardson expedition of 1847-8, which journeyed down the Mackenzie River and searched eastwards by boat along the Arctic shore as far as the mouth of the Coppermine River.
Provenance: J. Atkinson, 1852, inscription; The Cruising Association.