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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper & Brothers,
1846.
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| Edition: | [First American edition]. |
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| 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 |
| Note: | Includes publisher's catalog at end (8 pages). Illustrated with 13 plates (8 steel engravings and 5 woodcuts) and a number of woodcuts in the text. Steel engravings signed A. A. Von Schmidt and J. Halpin. |
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| Call Number: | G545 .B76 1846 |
| References: |
US-iana no. B877
Sabin 8657 |