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[ARCTIC] LYON, GEORGE FRANCIS (Captain) Series of seven plates of eskimo life

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Lot 68
[ARCTIC] LYON, GEORGE FRANCIS (Captain) Series of seven plates of eskimo life
, engraved by Edward Finden after the drawings of Lyon. London: J. Murray, 1824, presumably intended for The Private Journal of Capt. G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry. However, these plates measure 9 x 10 3/4 inches (22.5 x 28 cm)--measured to platemark--imposed on paper 12 x 17 inches, and likely proof impressions thus. Small repaired marginal tears, matted, housed in a clamshell case; Together with Drawings by Enooesweetok of the Sikosiling-Mint tribe of Eskimo, Fox Land, Baffin Island. New York: Rock Foundation, 2001. One of 200 copies, reprint of the extremely rare 1915 original, with commentary. Pamphlet and plates in slipcase. Fine.

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Estimate: $300 - $500

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