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LAING, John. An Account of a Voyage to Spitzbergen: containing a Full Description of that Country, of the Zoology of the North, and of the Shetland Isles. London: J. Mawman, 1815.
The first edition. Laing was the surgeon on the whaling ship Resolution with William Scoresby, Sr. as Captain and William Scoresby Jr. as mate, in 1806. Arctic Bib. 9582; Sabin 38653.
Octavo (203 x 121mm). (Light spotting at ends.) Later half calf (light rubbing). Provenance: Charles Arthur Wynne Finch (bookplate) – Explorer Books.
The first edition. Laing was the surgeon on the whaling ship Resolution with William Scoresby, Sr. as Captain and William Scoresby Jr. as mate, in 1806. Arctic Bib. 9582; Sabin 38653.
Octavo (203 x 121mm). (Light spotting at ends.) Later half calf (light rubbing). Provenance: Charles Arthur Wynne Finch (bookplate) – Explorer Books.