[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce copy of Hippisley's "Narrative of the Expedition to the Rivers Orinoco and Apure... in 1817..."

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(TRAVEL) Hippisley, G.  A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE RIVERS ORINOCO AND APURE in South America; Which Sailed from England in November 1817, and Joined the Patriotic Forces in Venezuela and Caraccas. London: John Murray. 1819. 8vo. xix,(1),653,(1)pp. Errata on p. (xx). 19th century half calf, gilt spine, with black morocco label, over marbled boards. Hinges a bit rubbed but very sound. With an inscription at the top of the title page, "J. B. Austin, U. S. Consul, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, 1854." Scarce. Note: some copies have an additional errata slip tipped in, not present in this copy.    $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Sabin 31988. Palau 114859.

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