SEEMANN, Berthold Carl (1825-1871). The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald, under the Command of Captain Henry Kellett during the Years 1845-51 . London: Lovell Reeve, 1852-57. The very rare first edition, “of considerable importance to the study of the botany of Alaska.” Seemann enumerates over 300 species of plants found in “Western Eskimaux-Land,” specifically along the Arctic coastline of Alaska as far north as Point Barrow. It was originally issued in 10 parts, of which the Alaska portion is the first. The Herald was also engaged in searching for Sir John Franklin and in a hydrographical survey of the Pacific. They “explored most of the west coast of America, the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands, Kamchatka, Bering Strait, Alaska, and the Arctic Ocean. Extensive land exploration was undertaken in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and Mexico. In September, 1846, the Herald anchored in San Francisco Bay, and Seeman records a visit to Mission Delores, at that time occupied by a party of Mormons" (cf. Hill 1546). Forbes 1898; Lada-Mocarski 138; Nissen BBI 1827; Sabin 78965. Quarto (304 x 225mm). Handcolored lithographed frontispiece, 2 maps handcolored in outline, 99 lithographed botanical plates after W. Fitch and J.D. Hooker, one of which is folding. Modern red half morocco gilt over marbled boards. Provenance : Franklin Brooke-Hitching (his sale, Sotheby’s 19 March 2015, lot 711).
SEEMANN, Berthold Carl (1825-1871). The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald, under the Command of Captain Henry Kellett during the Years 1845-51 . London: Lovell Reeve, 1852-57. The very rare first edition, “of considerable importance to the study of the botany of Alaska.” Seemann enumerates over 300 species of plants found in “Western Eskimaux-Land,” specifically along the Arctic coastline of Alaska as far north as Point Barrow. It was originally issued in 10 parts, of which the Alaska portion is the first. The Herald was also engaged in searching for Sir John Franklin and in a hydrographical survey of the Pacific. They “explored most of the west coast of America, the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands, Kamchatka, Bering Strait, Alaska, and the Arctic Ocean. Extensive land exploration was undertaken in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and Mexico. In September, 1846, the Herald anchored in San Francisco Bay, and Seeman records a visit to Mission Delores, at that time occupied by a party of Mormons" (cf. Hill 1546). Forbes 1898; Lada-Mocarski 138; Nissen BBI 1827; Sabin 78965. Quarto (304 x 225mm). Handcolored lithographed frontispiece, 2 maps handcolored in outline, 99 lithographed botanical plates after W. Fitch and J.D. Hooker, one of which is folding. Modern red half morocco gilt over marbled boards. Provenance : Franklin Brooke-Hitching (his sale, Sotheby’s 19 March 2015, lot 711).
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