Scoresby (William). An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 2 volumes, 8vo (206 x 130 mm), contemporary diced calf decoratively tooled in gilt and bllind, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down (labels possibly renewed), marbled endpapers and edges, 24 engraved plates and maps (of which 8 folding including frontispieces), 4 folding tables, front pastedowns with book-labels of William Leatham (possibly the banker and abolitionist, 1785-1842), half-titles and advertisement leaf discarded, plates variably spotted and damp-stained, frontispieces offset, folding general map with closed handling tear, together with: idem Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. 8vo (210 x 130 mm), near-contemporary olive-green half calf, 8 engraved plates and maps (4 folding), bookplates of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) and of Lord Farnham, half-title discarded, plates and maps spotted, short closed tear in first map (within plate-mark but not affecting image), similar tear to inner fold of second map (qty: 2) Arctic Bibliography 15610 & 15614; Sabin 178167 & 78171.
Scoresby (William). An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 2 volumes, 8vo (206 x 130 mm), contemporary diced calf decoratively tooled in gilt and bllind, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down (labels possibly renewed), marbled endpapers and edges, 24 engraved plates and maps (of which 8 folding including frontispieces), 4 folding tables, front pastedowns with book-labels of William Leatham (possibly the banker and abolitionist, 1785-1842), half-titles and advertisement leaf discarded, plates variably spotted and damp-stained, frontispieces offset, folding general map with closed handling tear, together with: idem Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. 8vo (210 x 130 mm), near-contemporary olive-green half calf, 8 engraved plates and maps (4 folding), bookplates of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) and of Lord Farnham, half-title discarded, plates and maps spotted, short closed tear in first map (within plate-mark but not affecting image), similar tear to inner fold of second map (qty: 2) Arctic Bibliography 15610 & 15614; Sabin 178167 & 78171.
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