Lot 431

Scoresby, William





Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
£625
Description
An account of the Arctic regions... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 2 folding engraved frontispieces, 4 folding tables, 21 (of 22) maps and plates (some folding), contemporary half calf, boards rubbed, joints cracked, spines rubbed and cracked, some spotting and dust-soiling, small hole to frontispiece in volume 1, frontispiece in volume 2 torn, small hole to page 573 in volume 2 with loss of several letters (2)




