OWEN, William Fitzwilliam Wentworth (1774-1857). Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar.

OWEN, William Fitzwilliam Wentworth (1774-1857).  Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; Performed in H. M. Ships Leven and Barracouta, edited by Heaton Bowstead Robinson. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. 2 volumes, 8vo (205 x 125mm). 5 lithographed plates, 4 folding engraved charts, wood-engraved vignettes (without half titles, section of upper margin of title to first vol. excised and repaired without loss, repairs to verso of 2 charts, occasional spotting, staining and browning). Modern half calf gilt, new endpapers. Provenance: from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Mendelssohn II, p.133.