WEDDELL, James (1787-1834). A Voyage towards the South Pole performed in the Years 1822-24... and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego. London: Longman, 1825.
WEDDELL, James (1787-1834). A Voyage towards the South Pole performed in the Years 1822-24... and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego. London: Longman, 1825. 8 o (214 x 131 mm). Errata slip. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, 8 maps (6 folding), and 2 folding plates of coastal profiles. Contemporary calf (rebacked original spine presevered). Provenance : Alex Weddell, the author's cousin (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Weddell on the front free endpaper: "To Alex Weddell Esq. with affectionate regards from his Cousin The Author." This work is "interesting not only as the record of a voyage to what was then and for long after the highest southern latitude reached, but also as giving a survey of the South Shetlands, where many of the names--as 'Boyd's Straits,' 'Duff's Straits,' 'Sartoroius Island'--recall the names of the captains with whom Weddell had served" ( DNB ). Rosove 345; Sabin 102431.
WEDDELL, James (1787-1834). A Voyage towards the South Pole performed in the Years 1822-24... and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego. London: Longman, 1825.
WEDDELL, James (1787-1834). A Voyage towards the South Pole performed in the Years 1822-24... and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego. London: Longman, 1825. 8 o (214 x 131 mm). Errata slip. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, 8 maps (6 folding), and 2 folding plates of coastal profiles. Contemporary calf (rebacked original spine presevered). Provenance : Alex Weddell, the author's cousin (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Weddell on the front free endpaper: "To Alex Weddell Esq. with affectionate regards from his Cousin The Author." This work is "interesting not only as the record of a voyage to what was then and for long after the highest southern latitude reached, but also as giving a survey of the South Shetlands, where many of the names--as 'Boyd's Straits,' 'Duff's Straits,' 'Sartoroius Island'--recall the names of the captains with whom Weddell had served" ( DNB ). Rosove 345; Sabin 102431.
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