Phipps, Constantine John, Baron Mulgrave
£1,500
Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A voyage towards the North Pole. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. First edition, 4to, [iii-viii, 253, [ii], 3 folding engraved charts, 12 folding plates, 11 folding printed tables, final leaf with directions to the binder, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp on upper board, lacks half-title, light discolouration to title, neatly rebacked retaining most of original spine
Footnote
Note: "An important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen" (Hill). The fourteen year old Horatio Nelson served as a midshipman, under Captain Skeffington Lutwidge, on board the Carcass, one of the two ships that took part in the expedition. Hill, p.207; Sabin 62572