408 pages inc a 4 page index + 3 engraved plates and a 4 fold chart of the East Coast of Greenland made by Capt Douglas Charles Clavering & William Scorsby's expeditions in 1822-23 in HM ships The Griper & The Baffen Whaler. Original half calf marbled paper boards, some rubbing to edges and tail of spine worn down a little, corners rounded a little. All printed on hand-made rag paper, the 3 plates are a little foxed, text excellent. Octavo. 1830. *There is a two page list of the most recent patents applied for in Scotland up to 6th September 1830 + A biography of M. Claude Louis Richard by Baron Cuvier and a part-series of lectures by him on Natural Sciences 4-9 + Celestial Phenomena, Geology, Zoology, Anthropology, Geography, New Species found in the British Isles, Arts, Statistics on Religious Tolerance in Russia, Vegetable Milk from the Hya-Hya Tree of Demerara, Travel Norway, Greenland, Africa, Russia, India, etc. + Meteorology, Hydrography, Chemistry, etc, etc,.The Clavering exped