Zoology Of Captain Beecheys Voyage

by Frederick William Beechey

$32,500 · Offered by Heritage Book Shop

First edition

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839. First edition of this very elusive publication. Quarto 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 283 x 225 mm. . xii, 1-12 , 9*-14*, 13-180 pp. Complete with half-title and forty-four hand-colored engraved natural history plates after Edward Lear, J. D. C. Sowerby, and J. C. Zeitter by Zeitter and T. Landseer, four hand-colored engraved maps and plans one folding after E. Belcher. Plates with tissue guards.

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