ANDERSON, Johann (1674-1743). Histoire Naturelle de L'Island du Groenland, du Detroit de Davis, et d'autres Pays Situes sous le Nord . Paris: S. Jorry, 1750 [vol.1] and M. Lambert, 1754 [vol. 2]. First French edition of volume one, second French edition of volume two, of an account of the natural history of Iceland and Greenland. Of particular note are the descriptions and illustrations of whaling and fishing, including a system for classifying whales, as well as a grammar of the Greenlandic language. Sabin 1408. 2 volumes, octavo (165 x 95mm). Engraved frontispiece in vol.1, folding engraved map, 7 engraved folding plates (repaired tear in E4 of vol.2). Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (joints skilfully repaired).
ANDERSON, Johann (1674-1743). Histoire Naturelle de L'Island du Groenland, du Detroit de Davis, et d'autres Pays Situes sous le Nord . Paris: S. Jorry, 1750 [vol.1] and M. Lambert, 1754 [vol. 2]. First French edition of volume one, second French edition of volume two, of an account of the natural history of Iceland and Greenland. Of particular note are the descriptions and illustrations of whaling and fishing, including a system for classifying whales, as well as a grammar of the Greenlandic language. Sabin 1408. 2 volumes, octavo (165 x 95mm). Engraved frontispiece in vol.1, folding engraved map, 7 engraved folding plates (repaired tear in E4 of vol.2). Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (joints skilfully repaired).
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