Crimean War

CRIMEAN WAR. HUGHES, ROBERT EDGAR. Two Summer Cruises with the Baltic Fleet, in 1854-5. The Log of the "Pet" Yacht, 8 Tons, R.T.Y.C. London, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1855.
8vo. 205 x 133 mm. VIII, 333, (1 blank, 2), 16 pp. Lithographed frontispiece, 3 lithographed plates, 2 folding lithographed charts. Woodcut illustration on title. Worn and stained publisher´s decorated cloth. Dampstains on plates. Rectangular incision with loss of text in first leaf after p. 333. Owner´s signature on title.

Bring, Itineraria Svecana 799. First edition. Robert Edgar Hughes (1822-1863) was an English priest and Master of Arts at Cambridge´s Magdalen College. He took his small yacht, the "Pet" to the Baltic during the Crimean War, tagging along with the British fleet. On his way he visited Stockholm, Öland and Gotland.

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