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Magnetical Investigations
Magnetical Investigations. By the Rev. William Scoresby ... London: Longman. 1844–1852, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 364; xv, 448. , 6 Planches H.T., percaline vert , reliure époque signée , second volume non rogné , cachet . Bon exemplaire ,rare avec son second volume , William Scoresby a fait son premier voyage en Arctique à l’age de 11ans avec son père , chasseur de baleine, contribua à la connaissance du magnétisme terrestre Magnetical Investigations. By the Rev. William Scoresby ... London: Longman. 1844–1852, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 364; xv, 448. , 6 Plates , binding from Remnant&Edmonds , second volume (non rogné) , stamp .
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.
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.
Sur la Glace polaire.
(Paris, Crochard, 1817). No wrappers. Extract from ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 5, Cahier 1. Pp. 59-84.
First French printing of an importent paper in glaciology. Translated from ""memoires de la Societe Werneriennes d'Edimbourg"".Not in Lauridsen ""Bibliographia Groenlandica"" - Not in ""Groenlandica. Catalogue of the Groenlandic-collection in the National Library of Greenland"".
The Arctic Regions and the Northern Whale-Fishery.
London, The Religious Tract Society, (ca. 18609. Small8vo. orig. full blindstamped cloth. Gilt spine. Spine rubbed and with some wear. Stamp on title-page. Frontispiece. VIII,192,192 pp.
