King, Phillip Parker (1791-1856) & Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865) Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the Years 1826 and 1836.
London: Henry Colburn, 1839.
First edition, three octavo volumes (of four) comprising volumes I-II and the appendix to the second volume; lacking volume III (Darwin's contribution); first volume with two loose large folding charts, frontispiece, fifteen full-page lithographic illustrations printed on heavy paper stock, and one folding map bound at page 463; volume two illustrated with two loose large folding charts, frontispiece, and twenty-four full-page illustrations, including lithographs and charts (the plate of Valdivia bound in error opposite page 494); the appendix volume illustrated with two loose large folding charts, and six full-page lithographic plates; the set in uniform contemporary half leather bindings and textured cloth-covered boards; spines decorated and lettered in gilt, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (3)London, 1839
