Lot 503

Parry, William Edward





Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
£1,000
Description
Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, 4to, 6 maps, 14 engraved plates, contemporary full calf gilt, black label, hinges cracking, some occasional offsetting and foxing, bookplate; [Idem] Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1824. First edition, 4to, 9 maps, 30 engraved plates, contemporary full calf gilt, some offsetting, bookplate (2)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.




