Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25 in His Majesty's Ships Hecla, Griper and Fury, under the orders of Capt. W.E. Parry, commander of the expedition. Five volumes. With plates. Vol. I. (-V). Published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)
Category
Books
Date
1828
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3159980.5
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.5., frontis. plates. ill., plates, map(fold.)…. 16mo. In black ink on front pastedown, library number 265. Provenance: Adhered to front pastedown, monogram plate ‘MAM / 1837’ and booksellers stamp 'E. G Glaisher, secondhand bookseller, 25 Highgate Hill, London, N. 19. Books bought'. Adhered to front flyleaf recto, Armorial plate of ‘Malacrida’. $zBinding: Half brown calf, marbled-paper boards, gold-lettered spines: ‘Parry’s / Voyages’.
Makers and roles
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)