A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice.…

A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition. < >
  • Another image of A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition.
  • Another image of A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition.
  • Another image of A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition.
  • Another image of A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition.

A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition.

London: H. R. Thomas, 1825. viii, [4], 5 -58, [4 cat'] pages. Engravings hand-coloured throughout, as issued. Contemporary half calf, gilt. Octavo. Pages 17/18 has a closed tear, some soiling and marking throughout; small tear at the edge of one leaf; else a good plus copy of a work that is scarce in either first or second edition. The wood engravings, which depict Esquimaux life and dress, implements used in everyday, together with examples of Arctic fauna, are derived from the illustrations by Captain George Francis Lyon, published in Sir William Edward Parry's 'Journal Of A Second Voyage For The Discovery of A North-West Passage, London, 1824. Osborne Page 75. The first edition was published in the same year as the second edition.

Book ID: 12878
Tags: 19th Century Children's Books
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