Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of The Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835.
Paris. Baudry's European Library. 1836. 8vo. 21cm, viii,338p., with front folding map, bound in quarter green calf, gilt titles and decorations on the spine, marbled boards and endpapers, bookplate, some foxing, a very good copy in attractive binding. (Ar). Item #40530
Back, who had been on both Franklin expeditions, was sent out to locate Ross, who had been unreported through three winters. He travelled overland to Great Slave Lake, descended the Fish (now Back) River, then unexplored, to the Arctic Ocean. He was a talented artist and the engravings are most attractive.
Price: $500.00