PARRY, William Edward, Sir. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific… in… 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla. L, 1824. FIRST EDITION OF PARRY'S SECOND VOYAGE.
4to (270 x 205 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 30 etched or aquatint plates and plans all by E. Finden after G. Lyon, 4 engraved folding plates of coastal profiles by J. Walker after J. Bushnan, 4 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan et al.; numerous illustrations, diagrams, and letterpress tables in the text. (Some offsetting of plates and plans to text, some light spotting). Contemporary calf gilt, sides with central collector's gilt tooling (rebacked and recornered preserving portions of original spine). Provenance: Hudson Gurney (1775-1864), English antiquary (binding); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.
FIRST EDITION OF PARRY'S SECOND VOYAGE. Parry sailed on his second arctic expedition in May 1821. He was "twice frozen in for several months, but made many explorations and discoveries by sea and land...This work deals with the characteristics of the Eskimos and is a treatise on aboriginal life as well as a narrative of scientific discoveries" (Hill 1312). Arctic Bibliography 13142 (including the 1825 "Appendix", not present in this copy); Brunet IV:388; Lowndes p.1789; Sabin 58864 and 58865.