2 volumes, 8vo. With 2 maps (1 folding) and 5 aquatint plates. (Lacking half-title to Vol. I; some offsetting of plates and maps to text.) Contemporary half calf (joints starting, some light rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Samuel T. Carey (armorial bookplate vol. II); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks. 

FIRST EDITION. An account of the three-year scientific expedition by the surgeon of the naval sloop Chanticleer. Exploration in the South Atlantic included Cape Horn and Staten Island, as well as the South Shetlands which were charted in detail and claimed for the British Crown. Lieutenant Edward Kendall was landed on Deception Island. Abbey Travel 11; Borba de Moraes, 2:937; Conrad, p 33; Hill 1842; Renard 1679; Rosove 344.A1; Sabin 102429; Spence 1245.