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Ex-library book with the usual library markings and two book plates inside. Hardback covers suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Red cloth covers. Covers faded, chipped esp. head. Gilt lettering on front board and backstrip. Gilt top page edges. Page foredge and bottom page edges frayed. Internally tight and clean.[From Wikipedia] Richard de Bury (24 January 1287 – 14 April 1345), also known as Richard Aungerville or Aungervyle was an English priest, teacher, bishop, writer, and bibliophile. He was a patron of learning and one of the first English collectors of books. He is chiefly remembered for this text written to inculcate in the clergy the pursuit of learning and the love of books. The Philobiblon is considered one of the earliest books to discuss librarianship in-depth.
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Ex libris. 339p. 1st American edition of the John Murray 1824 London edition. Rebound, not original boards. Tight, lightly foxed on some pages and the pages closest to the boards. Later half calf over marbled boards. No shipping or handling charges. Before you purchase, please ask for any other information and//or more images. I want to pre-ensure your satisfaction and avoid aggravation for both of us.Author's record of the second Parry expedition to Canadian Arctic waters in the Fury and Hecla, 1821-23. "Almost the entire volume is devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the Aborigines of the Arctic regions." Lande 1291; Sabin 42853. "Captain Lyon's curiosity led him to observe with great attention the habits of life and traits of character of the different tribes of Esquimaux, who were attracted by his humane management to his winter quarters" (Field).Summary from Goodreads.com: By 1820, the explorer William Parry had managed to traverse half of the North-West Passage. For his second… Read More