The Loss of the Tigris. A Poem. In Two Cantos. With notes. Inscribed t

RICHARDSON (Henry).

The Loss of the Tigris. A Poem. In Two Cantos. With notes. Inscribed to the Commander, Officers, and Men of the Euphrates Expedition.

First edition. Frontispiece, 2 lithograph plates, 3 in-text illustrations. 8vo. Publisher’s blind embossed cloth, gilt title to front cover, a.e.g. Spine faded and covers rubbed. Bookplate to upper pastedown, occasional pencil annotations. xvi, 63pp. London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1840.

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RICHARDSON (Henry).

The Loss of the Tigris. A Poem. In Two Cantos. With notes. Inscribed to the Commander, Officers, and Men of the Euphrates Expedition.

A scarce and fascinating addition to the literature on the Euphrates Expedition; pages 35 to 63 contain letters and notes relating to the disaster which befell the Tigris, which sank on 21 May 1836. The appendix also contains a list of individuals lost, and the monuments erected in their memory.

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The Loss of the Tigris. A Poem. In Two Cantos. With notes. Inscribed to the Commander, Officers, and Men of the Euphrates Expedition.

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