• Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
  • Fine first edition of Report on the Collections of Natural History by Carsten Borchgrevink, presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall.
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[BORCHGREVINK, Carsten Egebert]; [LANKESTER, Edwin Ray & BELL, Jeffrey (editors)].

Report on the Collections of Natural History

Report on the Collections of Natural History

Made in the Antarctic Regions During the Voyage of the "Southern Cross."

Stock Code 123171

London, Printed by the Order of the Trustees, 1902.

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presentation copy from the British Museum

Presentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall, dated July 24th 1908 (withdrawn stamp October 13th 2025).

The scarce collection of zoological and botanical reports of the under-appreciated Southern Cross Expedition. Contains extracts from the diary of zoologist Nicolai Hanson, who was in charge of the seal and bird specimen hunting and the only member of the crew to die on the expedition.

First edition; royal 8vo (25.5 x 17 cm); 53 plates including 9 in colour, 30 in-text photographs, 1 figure & 10 tables in text, bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper, very light foxing to a few plates; publisher's original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, a fine copy; ix, 344 pp.

Renard 865; Rosove 46; Spence 968.

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Provenance: Trustees of the British Museum (bookplate); Royal Institute of Cornwall (bookplate).

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