‎[COLBURN & BENTLEY] - ‎ ‎BEECHEY‎
‎A NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT‎

‎COMPLET 2 VOLUMES- RARE- ELEGANT-BON EXEMPLAIRE‎

Reference : PHO-248

‎NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT, to co-operate with the polar expeditions : performed in his Majesty4s ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. BEECHEY, R.N. In the years 1825,26,27,28. NEW EDITION 2 VOLUMES Grand in 8° (220x140 mm) relié plein veau époque, pièces de titre et de tomaison, dos orné à 5 nerfs, plats avec liseré or, tranches marbrées. Charnières faibles III-XVIII-472 pp- 3 cartes, 2 dépliantes Volume 2 IV-330 pp(II) appendice 331 à 452 pp, 28 planches dont 4 dépliantes, vocabulaire inuit ELEGANT ET BON EXEMPLAIRE – RARE Important voyage pour découvrir un passage nord ouest. Il découvrit plusieurs iles du Pacifique, visita Tahiti, puis rencontra un des mutins du Bounty (Adams). 2 VOLUMES Large in 8° (220x140 mm) full calf period binding, title and tomaison coins, spine decorated with 5 ribs, flat with gold edging, marbled edges. Weak hinges III-XVIII-472 pp- 3 maps, 2 leaflets Volume 2 IV-330 pp(II) appendix 331 to 452 pp, 28 plates of which 4 leaflets, Inuit vocabulary ELEGANT AND GOOD COPY - RARE Important trip to discover a north-west passage. He discovered several islands in the Pacific, visited Tahiti, then met one of the mutineers of the Bounty (Adams). ‎