Voyage of the United States frigate Potomac, under the command of Commodore John Downes, during the circumnavagation of the globe, in the years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834 : including a particular account of the engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the coast of Sumatra : with all the official documents relating to the same / by J.N. Reynolds ; illustrated by several engravings.
Alternate Title(s):
Journal of a voyage round the world
Published / Created:
New-York : Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street, and sold by the principal booksellers throughout the United States, 1835.
Physical Description:
[7], vi-x, [1], vi-x, [1], 12-560 pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsG440.P8 R49 1835Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York."--Title page verso.Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 70434Checklist of American imprints, 33993BEIN Za P752 ZzT2: Advertisements on 30 p. at end, not noted in pagination. From the library of books reviewed by Edgar Allan Poe. Bookplate: C.F. Schreiber. Inscription (top part cropt): April 29th, 1853. "T2 [check mark] 5.00" on free front endpaper.BAC: British Art Center cop bound in publisher's original tan embossed cloth. 30 pages of publisher's advertisements at end not included in pagination. Inscribed on title page: Presented to the Somers Library.
Subject Terms:
Downes, John, 1784–1854. | Potomac (Frigate). | Voyages around the world. | United States -- History, Naval. | Sumatra (Indonesia -- Description and travel | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–1849 -- Ownership. | Schreiber, Carl F. (Carl Frederick), 1886–1960 -- Bookplate. | Somers Library -- Provenance.