Sales catalogue 43: Henry Stevens, son & Stiles

Date:
1949
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/50/6
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 43: Henry Stevens, son & Stiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London, 1824. 2 vols, maps, contemporary half calf. 8° $7.50 Contains Observations on Baron Wrangell’s Exped- tions, also on the Expeditions of Vasilieff and Kotzebue; with particulars of the Indians on the Islands off the North West Coast of America. 72 Coxe (William) Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America to which are added the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce between Russia and China. The Thivd Edition revised and corrected. London, 1787. Maps and plate, fine copy, new grey boards uncut. 8° $8.50 This Third Edition has an Appendix (not found previously) giving an annotated list of the principal Charts representing the Russian Discoveries; a specimen of the Aleutian language; and Tables of latitude and longitude. 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Map and plate, original cloth, small stamp on title. 8° $3.50
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