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Sale 2689 - Lot 169

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(ILLUSTRATED SHIP'S LOG.) Fawcett Wray, midshipman. Logs of H.M.S. Temeraire, Cruiser, Rodney, and Volage, January 1889 to May 1893. Emblematic pictorial title and approximately 130 pen-and-ink and watercolor maps, track charts, and illustrations of the ship's mechanical devices tipped in, each signed by Wray and initialed by commanding officers. 2 volumes. Folio, 12½x8 inches, early full morocco with gilt-blocked spines, moderate wear, occasional stains. Vp, 1889-1893
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Logs of British naval ships operating principally in the Mediterranean with stops in Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, Gibraltar, Turkey and Ireland. In December 1892 the ship Volage made a Transatlantic voyage to the Caribbean with port calls in Trinidad, Grenada, St. Kitts, Bermuda, and Martinique during the first months of 1893 before heading homeward to Portsmouth in April. The profusion of Wray's hand-drawn charts of the places they visited are extremely accomplished in their detail.

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