Voyage in the Indian Seas in the Nisus

James Prior

Verlag: Sir Richard Phillips, London, 1820

Beschreibung

An excellent copy of James Prior's account of his 1810 and 1811 voyage in the Indian seas aboard the Nisus. Illustrated with three plates, including a folding map frontispiece drawn by W. M. Cobb. Collated, complete.James Prior was a nineteenth century Irish surgeon who early in his career boarded the HMS Nisus while in the Royal Navy.Prior discusses his experiences in the Cape of Good Hope, in the isles of Bourbon, the Seychelles, and Java.A lovely copy of this informative account of the islands of the Indian ocean in the early nineteenth century. Rebound in quarter morocco, with marbled paper boards, and endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to title page and final leaf, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 838F47

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Voyage in the Indian Seas in the Nisus

Verlag: Sir Richard Phillips, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1820

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: W. M. Cobb

Zustand: Near Fine

Art des Buches: book