richardson john landseer thomas (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Published under the authority of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. xlvi, [4], 300 p. 28 cm. 28 b&w etched plates and an additional plate illustrating caribou. Half leather with black cloth. Boards a bit warped. Corners worn, cracks and tears in spine ends, some soiling to cloth. Hinges tender with internal tape residue. Armorial bookplate (three bugles and a heron) for George A. Thruston on front pastedown. Dampstains throughout, including top corners of most plates. Occasional foxing and some offsetting from plates. Tiny ink notation at top corner of front free endpaper. Title continues: "or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late Northern Land Expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N." Includes bats, mice, bears, badgers, weasels, ermines, martens, fishers, skunks, otters, wolves, dogs, foxes, lynx, beavers, lemmings, rats, marmots, squirrels, porcupines, hares, caribou, wapiti, deer, antiolope, goat, bison, etc. The first part of a 4-volume natural history of the Arctic. Based on info Richardson collected as surgeon-naturalist on Franklin's two arctic overland expeditions 1819-22 and 1825-27. Arctic Bib. 14491. Lande S1924. Morgan p. 319. Peel 91. Sabin 71026. Streeter VI 3700. TPL 1454. Wagner-Camp 39.

First edition. Inscribed by the author to John McDiarmid. 4to. Publisher's original grey paper-covered boards with printed paper title label to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with 28 black and white etched plates. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and tight with minor cracking to the head of the joints and a little wear to the extremities. The contents, with a previous owner's (early twentieth century) bookplate to the front pastedown, light offsetting from the plates to the facing text pages and faint spotting to the edges of the plates, are otherwise wonderfully clean and bright throughout. The plates themselves remain bold and fresh. A superb copy, entirely in its original state. Inscribed by John Richardson in black ink to the half title page "To John McDiarmid Esq. / from his friend The Author". The first part this monumental work on the natural history of the Arctic by Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), the Scottish doctor, naturalist and Arctic explorer who served on Sir John Franklin's Arctic expeditions of 1819-22 and 1825-27 as ship's doctor and naturalist. Whilst in the Canadian Arctic as part of Franklin's overland expeditions, Richardson recorded his extensive observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens. On his return to England, following the second expedition, he began, with assistance from the naturalists William Swainson and William Kirby, to write his four-volume work of natural history, first published as individual volumes between 1829 and 1837. This present volume, dedicated to mammals, was the first to appear, with a second volume (concerning birds) published in 1831, followed by subsequent volumes on fish and insects, all superbly illustrated by Thomas Landseer. A key member of Franklin's team, Richardson aided in the mapping of a substantial area of the Canadian Arctic, in addition to making one of the most significant contributions to the understanding of the natural history of the region. Notably, following the infamous disappearance of Franklin's doomed 1845 Arctic expedition, Richardson also later travelled alongside John Rae in 1848-9 in search of his lost comrades on one of the subsequent (unsuccessful) rescue missions. The recipient of the present volume is most likely John McDiarmid (1790-1852), the influential Scottish journalist and author, popular in contemporary Scottish literary circles, who came from Richardson's hometown of Dumfries and was only three years his junior. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.