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Korea.- M'Leod (John, surgeon) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to
Korea.- M'Leod (John, surgeon) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to
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Korea.- M'Leod (John, surgeon) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, with an account of her subsequent shipwreck, second edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, title with ink ownership inscription to head, bookplate, publisher's advertisements to rear, light foxing or spotting throughout, plate borders lightly browned, later blue half calf and red morocco label to spine, joints cracking but firm, extremities heavily rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 559], 8vo, John Murray, 1818.

⁂ With one more colour plate than the first edition published the previous year.

Provenance: J. Talbot Clifton of Kildalton Castle [bookplate]; likely Talbot Clifton the dedicated traveller, who explored Canada, Siberia, Burma, Malaya, Indonesia, Africa and South America, moving to Kildalton on Islay in the 1920s.
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Korea.- M'Leod (John, surgeon) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to

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