PARRY, Cap. William Edward.- Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition. With an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations.- The second edition.- London: John Murray, 1821.- 2 vols.: il.; 26 cm.- E. Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855), English explorer, born in Bath, became famous for his travels in the Arctic, in an attempt to find the famous Northwest Passage, a feat that would only be achieved in 1906 by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. The collation of the two volumes is as follows: I - [8], XXIX, [3], 310, [2], clxxix, [1] p.: XX engravings and maps; II - XXVI, [1], 186, [2], 151, [1] p.: [11] engravings and maps. Complete copy, with all 31 illustrations, according to the respective indexes (except in print XV, next to the title page and in the first map, on p. XXIV), nine aquatints (vol. I), six steel engravings (vol. II), 10 maps (5 splits) and six engravings with profiles of Arctic levels (1 splits). Copy slightly trimmed, with some browning, but generally clean. Cut at the fold of the fold-out map on p. 29, resulting from the trim; map XVIII badly folded; some imperfections along the backbone on the first and last leaves of each volume. White stamp from the J.G. Mazziotti Salema Garção Bookstore, on both front pages. Recent bindings, complete in green morocco, with closed panels on the smooth spines, rolls on the squares and top gilt edges. Protective cases.