ROSS, James Clark, Sir. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43. L, 1847. FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION" (Hill).
2 volumes, 8vo. 8 lithographed maps (3 folding), 8 lithographed plates (one folding); numerous in-text vignettes. (Some spotting and toning.) Publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt (spine panel of vol. 2 torn with 2-in. portion of head missing, some light wear to extremities). Provenance: Collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.
FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION" (Hill). "The first [voyage] to enter what is known as the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf, amongst other momentous discoveries. Once this account became public, no one could doubt there was a great southern continent of immense proportions to be explored" (Taurus Collection). Abbey Travel 610; Conrad, p 61; Ferguson 4636; Hill 1487; Renard 1328; Rosove 276.A1a; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus 9.