A BOOK, Arctica, 1835, John Ross
Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 [...] including the reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross, and the discovery of the northern magnetic pole.
London, A. W. Webster, 1835. 4to. (8), XXXIV, 688, *688-689*, 689-740 pp. + 25 plates (9 coloured) + 6 maps & charts (one hand-coloured and folding).
Ngt senare skinnband, marmorerade snitt, lätt blekt. / 19th century morocco, richly gilt, marbled edges, partly faded.
Första upplagan. / First edtion.
Sabin 73381.
Wear.
Provenance
Karl Becht was a teacher at the Lundsberg School in Värmland, with geography as his main subject. He started collecting books in the early 1930s and specialised in illustrated books of
voyages and travel, exploration and discoverey. ”The Karl Bech collection” was given a separate catalogue for its sale at Bukowskis in 1991.