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Title: The Life of William Scoresby Author: Scoresby-Jackson, R. E. Place: London, Edinburgh, & New York Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons Date: 1861 Description: 8vo. Frontis., engr. title-page, ix, [1 (blank)] pp., fold. map, pp. [9]–406 pp., 5 color plates. The work is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, a folding map of the coast of Greenland and part of the Arctic Circle, and five plates in color (notably "ice blue") of snow flakes, ice floes, an atmospheric phenomenon, and two views of different parts of the Greenland coast. Publisher's purple textured cloth, boards blind embossed and front one with a gilt center device; spine sunned; lettered in gilt. Scoresby-Jackson (bap. 1833, d. 1867) was a physician and geographer and the nephew of William Scoresby, the famed Arctic explorer. DNB online says of him and this work: "He remains best-known for his life of his uncle, William Scoresby, published in 1861. It is a sympathetic account of a man who captured the public imagination for his lonely scientific endeavours and selfless following of his Christian vocation." Sabin 35452 & 78184 Donated by Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lot Amendments Condition: Top of spine with small loss of cloth and an excellent repair; one plate with a separated sliver of tissue-guard adhered to it. Ex–social club library: call number on endpaper, very light rubber- and pressure-stamp on title-page, pressure-stamp on another page, light rubber stamp on map, no other markings. A good++ copy. Item number: 243325