Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 73

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(ARCTIC.) Scoresby, William. Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery. 2 folding maps, 6 plates. xliii, 472 pages. 8vo, later 1/2 morocco, minor wear; moderate foxing, inked catalogue number on verso of title page, repaired tear to second map; early owner's signature on title page, Edinger bookplate. Edinburgh, 1823
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first edition. Scoresby's final Arctic voyage on the ship Baffin was to the relatively unknown eastern coast of Greenland in 1822. Arctic Bibliography 15614; Hill 1543; Sabin 78171.