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Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries of the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool.
by SCORESBY, WILLIAM
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- first
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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About This Item
1823. Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. Cont. hcalf. Neathly rebacked preserving original gilt titlelabel. Endpapers renewed. XLIII (content-leaves bound at end),472 pp., 8 engraved plates (2 of these are large folded maps). Plates with some brownspots causing a little offsetting to nearby leaves. First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
(DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34758
- Title
- Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries of the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool.
- Author
- SCORESBY, WILLIAM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- 1823
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Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
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Copenhagen
About Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son A/S was founded 1821 in Copenhagen, and has been a member of the Danish Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABF) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB-LILA) since their beginning.
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