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A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773.
London, Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. 4to. Contemp. full sprinkled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear to spine ends. Light wear to edges. Corners a bit bumped. Folded engraved maps as frontispiece. VIII,253 pp.,14 folded engraved plates (incl. 2 charts), folded letterpress tables. Wide-margined with a few scattred brownspots. A few leaves and plates with light browning.
First edition. ""An important addition to nautical science which does honor to its author. Besides of a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural productions of Spitzbergen."" (Sabin). Phipps here mapped the northern part of Spitzbergen.""First edition of the official account written by Captain Phipps, later Lord Mulgrave. This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions, was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical observations. The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear"" (Hill).Sabin, 62572.
Voyage au pole boreal, fait en 1773, par ordre du roi d'Angleterre
A Paris Saillant & Nyon - Pissot, Quai des Augustins 1775 In-4°, pp. XXII, 259, (4) ,testatine e capilettera, 12 tavole più volte rip. raffiguranti carte, paesaggi, flora e fauna dei luoghi descritti, legatura in piena pelle con titolo e fregi in oro al dorso. Tagli rossi.Cerniera superiore in poarte fessurata, mancanze alle cuffie. Prima edizione francese. Interessante spedizione con le navi 'Race de Horse' e la 'Carcasse' volta a scoprire una possibile via verso l'india attraverso le regioni polari settentrionali interrotta dai ghiacci a nord di Spitzbergen. Il viaggio è noto anche per la presenza a bordo del cadetto H.Nelson. Numerose osservazioni di scienza nautica, di astronomia e le descrizioni zoologiche e botaniche con notevoli notizie sulla distillazione dell'acqua dolce dal mare e le descrizioni della fauna e della flora. Sabin 62574 "An importent addition to nautical science which does honor to its author. Besides of a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural productions of Spitzbergen." ; Nissen ZBI, 3165.
"PHIPPS, CONSTANTIN-JEAN (CONSTANTINE JOHN). - THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SPITZBERGEN.
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(1775)
Voyage au Pole Boréal, fait en 1773, par Ordre du Roi D'Angleterre. Traduit de L'Anglois.
Paris, Saillant & Nyon (et) Pissot, 1775. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. XII,260 (incl. 2 folded tables),(4) pp., 3 folded engraved maps and 9 folded engraved plates. Internally clean, 3 plates with a faint dampstain.
First French edition. ""An importent addition to nautical science which does honor to its author. Besides of a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural productions of Spitzbergen."" (Sabin). Phipps here mapped the northern part of Spitzbergen.Sabin,62574.
