Borneo and the Indian Archipelago

by Francis Samuel Marryat

$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

22 tinted lithographed plates and numerous wood-engravings to text. viii, 232pp. Small folio. Uncut in twentieth century green cloth, library blindstamp to title page, dampstaining affecting one plate, a bit grubby. Good. Abbey Travel, 549; Hill, 1088. Item #300926 Francis was the son the rather more famous Frederick Marryat. This is his finely illustrated account of Sir Edward Belcher's 1843-46 voyage on HMS Samarang. The purpose of the voyage

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