Lot 167
Polar.- Phipps (Constantine John) Captain Lutwidge. The Journal of a Voyage... towards the North Pole... prefixed,... for the Discovery of a North-East Passage to China and Japan, first edition, for F. Newbery, 1774.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Polar.- Phipps (Constantine John) and Captain Lutwidge. The Journal of a Voyage... towards the North Pole... prefixed,... for the Discovery of a North-East Passage to China and Japan, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, one engraved plate, ?lacking half-title, one or two ink annotations to margins, a few ink stains to plate, browning, some spotting, some soiling or staining, ex-library copy with bookplate and ink-stamp to title, modern half calf, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, [Sabin 62572] 8vo, for F. Newbery, 1774.
⁂ "The narrative of some members of the expedition, containing particulars not given in the official account" (Sabin).
Description
Polar.- Phipps (Constantine John) and Captain Lutwidge. The Journal of a Voyage... towards the North Pole... prefixed,... for the Discovery of a North-East Passage to China and Japan, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, one engraved plate, ?lacking half-title, one or two ink annotations to margins, a few ink stains to plate, browning, some spotting, some soiling or staining, ex-library copy with bookplate and ink-stamp to title, modern half calf, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, [Sabin 62572] 8vo, for F. Newbery, 1774.
⁂ "The narrative of some members of the expedition, containing particulars not given in the official account" (Sabin).