Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition . to the mouth of the great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835; by Captain Back... illustrated by a map and plates.
Sir George Back (1796 - 1878)
Category
Books
Date
1836
Materials
Measurements
231 x 150 x 55 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3098831
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Case binding, bds & cover Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: Tipped single-fold yellow coated paper Structure: British Edges: opened bolts at head, rough trim fore-edge and tail Spine Lining: moderate round, angled joints, overall lining of coarse paper under a continuous lining of grey wove paper. End Bands: None Bookmark: None Boards: 2mm rope-fibre boards Covering: Fine diamond-grain grey bookcloth Tooling Spine: nk Tooling Sides: blind-blocked decorative frame Furniture: Enclosure: Binding Notes: partially opened. The binding is later than the text - ca 1860?
Bibliographic description
x, [2], 663, 8, 3p. plates . ill.. . 8vo. Former shelfmark: Tt.9.11. Provenance: Armorial bookplate after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors].. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's cloth, spine damaged.
Makers and roles
Sir George Back (1796 - 1878)