Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, containing Charts and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices
London: John Murray, 1818. 1st ed. Hardcover. 9 aquatint plates (8 hand-colored, including frontis), 5 maps (2 folding), 1 other uncolored plate (of Wollaston's Dip Sector), xv, [1], 222, cxxx, [72]p. Contemporary black leather which has been rebacked in later black leather. 27cm. Cover scuffed. Corner heavily rubbed with loss of leather. Half-title and tissue guards present. Moderate foxing on tissue guards and some scattered elsewhere. Minor offsetting and age-toning. Color plates clean and attractive as are the maps and charts. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. INSCRIBED (as "the "Author") on half-title to the author's mother ("Lady Helen Hall from her affectionate Son, The Author"). Very Good. Item #79049
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