[ARCTIC] LYON, GEORGE FRANCIS (Captain) Series of seven plates of eskimo life , engraved by Edward Finden after the drawings of Lyon. London: J. Murray 1824, presumably intended for The Private Journal of Capt. G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry. However, these plates measure 9 x 10 3/4 inches (22.5 x 28 cm)--measured to platemark--imposed on paper 12 x 17 inches, and likely proof impressions thus. Small repaired marginal tears, matted, housed in a clamshell case ; Together with Drawings by Enooesweetok of the Sikosiling-Mint tribe of Eskimo, Fox Land, Baffin Island . New York: Rock Foundation, 2001. One of 200 copies, reprint of the extremely rare 1915 original, with commentary. Pamphlet and plates in slipcase. Fine . C
[ARCTIC] LYON, GEORGE FRANCIS (Captain) Series of seven plates of eskimo life , engraved by Edward Finden after the drawings of Lyon. London: J. Murray 1824, presumably intended for The Private Journal of Capt. G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry. However, these plates measure 9 x 10 3/4 inches (22.5 x 28 cm)--measured to platemark--imposed on paper 12 x 17 inches, and likely proof impressions thus. Small repaired marginal tears, matted, housed in a clamshell case ; Together with Drawings by Enooesweetok of the Sikosiling-Mint tribe of Eskimo, Fox Land, Baffin Island . New York: Rock Foundation, 2001. One of 200 copies, reprint of the extremely rare 1915 original, with commentary. Pamphlet and plates in slipcase. Fine . C
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