DARWIN, CHARLES, AND OTHERS
NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE...
£7,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
London: Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition, 3 volumes (without the Appendix to volume 2 which should contain 8 plates), 8vo, 5 (of 6) folding maps loosely inserted into cover pockets (one map lacking from volume 2), 40 plates, 2 maps bound into text, original cloth gilt neatly rebacked retaining original spines, neat ownership inscriptions to half-titles and title-pages, some spotting to plates, map in volume 1 with closed tear, some small chips and tears to maps and plates (3)