Etchings of a whaling cruise : with notes of a sojourn on the island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief history of the whale fishery, its past and present condition / by J. Ross Browne ; illustrated by numerous engravings on steel and wood.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1875 (Author)
Other Authors: Von Schmidt, A. A. (steel engraver.)
Halpin, John (Engraver) (steel engraver.)
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1846.
Edition:[First American edition].
Subjects:
Voyages and travels.
Zanzibar > Description and travel > 19th century.
Whaling.
Sailors.
Travel.
Tanzania > Zanzibar.
Library copies > Florida > Tampa > 20th century.
Library copies.
Bookplates > 19th century.
Bookplates
Embossed stamps > Florida > Tampa > 20th century.
Embossed stamps.
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Library copies.
Bookplates
Embossed stamps
Embossed stamps.
Insertions (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Ex-library copy with library bookplate on front free endpaper: "University of Tampa library book, received Jan 23, 1936. Gift from Harvard University Library." Ink call number just above the publisher on the title page. Three embossed stamps from University of Tampa Library (one at bottom of title page, one pn page 115, and one on page 7 of the catalog at back). Also, a personal bookplate of John Chipman Gray on the front paste-down, and his ownership inscription on front paste-down and front free endpaper.
MSU: Laid-in material transferred to MSS 466 box 1 folder 292
Local Note:
MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Binding Information:
Rebacked blind-stamped cloth.
Physical Description:xiii pages, 1 leaf, 580, 8 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates (including frontispiece) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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