Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2130

[(Ant)arctica]. Kane, E.K.

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1857-1858, 2nd ed., 2 vols., 464; 467p., 2 steelengr. frontisp. portraits, 2 engr. title-p. w. vignettes, 3 maps (2 fold.), 18 steelengr. plates, num. woodengr. ills., 20th cent. unif. buckram w. use of orig. gilt backstrip.

AND a mediocre copy of R. HUISH, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross (...) to the Arctic regions (...) (London, 1835, engr. frontisp., title-p., 7 plates, contemp. gilt hcalf. Lacks the map; hinges broken; spine-ends and covers worn).

Lot
2130
Estimation
50 € – 70 €
Photos
2 photos

État

One map sl. creased; vol.II sl. foxed; a few sm. (finger)stains in margins.

Remarques

Printed title dated 1857/ 1858, engr. title 1856. E.K. Kane (1820-1857), a doctor and natural historian, one of the most important Arctic researchers of his time. Henze III, p.11; Lauridsen I, 160; Ricks p.134; Chavanne 4924; Holland 1853-55; Arctic Bibliography 8373; Sabin 37001; Cat. NSHM p.307.

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