Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, to China, Corea, and the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Shipwreck

by John M'Leod, M. D.

$400 · Offered by Thorn Books

London: John Murray, 1820. Hardcover. Near fine. Item #21501 The third edition. 8vo. 6 ,339, 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece of Sir Murray Maxwell, the captain of the Alceste. Illustrated with six handcolored full page plates. Folding engraved map of the Eastern and Yellow Seas is present. Nicely bound to style in half brown morocco, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind, and with a red morocco

• Binding: Leather

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