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Book Description

Monthly Supplement of The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. April 30 to May 31, 1833. Charles Knight. London. 4to. Extract, unbound. 8pp. 4 engravings. A couple of spots, light toning, otherwise crisp and bright. Engravings of: Harpooning the Wales in the Arctic Seas; Carcass of the Whale; Skeleton of the Whale; The Harpoon; Dangers of the Whale Fishery. Scoresby, Greenland, Shetland, Arctic, Davis' Straits, Baffin's Bay, Liverpool, Whitby, Hull, Peterhead etc.
Author Monthly Supplement of The Penny Magazine
Date 1833
Publisher Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Pages 8pp

Price: £12.50

Offered by Paul Haynes Rare Books

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