Sale 2521 - Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books, October 24, 2019

116 c   FALCONER, WILLIAM. A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine . . . To which is annexed, A Translation of the French Sea-Terms and Phrases . . . Second Edition, Corrected. 12 folding engraved plates. [210] leaves. 4to, 262x204 mm, contemporary calf, front cover detached, rear joint starting; contents toned with intermittent heavy foxing, plates offset, contemporary owner’s signature on title, front cover detached, Bookplate of the Earl of Minto. London: T. Cadell, 1771 [300/500] 117 c   PALLAS, PETER SIMON. Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1793. 50 (of 51) etched plates and 28 vignettes of topographical, costume, and other subjects, almost all hand-colored, and 4 uncolored engraved maps; Volume 1 lacks plate 14 (Tartar Chapel near Masslof-Kuut). xxiii, [1], 552; xxx, [2], 523 pages. 2 volumes. 4to, 262x205 mm, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrips, Volume 1 front cover detached; maps and uncolored plates foxed, mostly light offsetting from or onto some colored plates, small piece torn from blank outer margin of plate facing page 283 in Volume 2. London: A. Strahan for T. Longman et al., 1802-03 [500/750] first edition in english . Abbey Travel 222. 118 c   PALMER, JAMES CROXALL. Thulia: A Tale of the Antarctic. 12 wood- engraved illustrations, including 3 full-page. 72 pages, including half-title and 5 pages of music (“Antarctic Mariner’s Song,” composed by expedition geologist James Dwight Dana). 8vo, 228x151 mm, original gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, spine ends chipped, rear joint cracked at bottom, front cover corners worn through; moderate marginal foxing of contents apart from heavy foxing on endleaves. Booklabel of Charles I. Bates on front pastedown. New York: Samuel Colman, 1843 [600/900] first edition of a volume containing 2 poems based on the author’s experiences aboard the schooner Flying Fish during the 1838-42 U. S. Exploring Expedition, and an appendix describing the schooner’s itinerary. Spence 890. 118