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Lot 152
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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BELLINGSHAUSEN, Fabian Gottlieb von (1778-1852). The Voyage of Capt. Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821. London: Printed fo
2 volumes, 8vo. With 2 frontispiece portraits, 2 folding maps in rear cover pockets, and numerous plates, maps and plans, many folding. Original publisher's blue cloth. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of "one of the greatest of the voyages to the South Seas and the Antarctic" (Hill). Conrad, p 21; Hill 112; Renard 430; Rosove 33.A1; Spence 117; Taurus 3. A fine copy.