EXPLORATION -- GREENLAND]. CRANTZ, David. The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country and its Inhabitants . London: Printed for the Brethren's Society, 1767. 2 volumes, 8 o. 2 engraved folding maps and 7 engraved plates. 19th-century polished calf gilt. Field 383 ("No tribe of American savages has been more closely or intelligently studied"); Sabin 17417. -- O'REILLY, Bernard. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean . New York: James Eastburn, 1818. 8 o. 2 engraved folding maps. Original boards, uncut. Abbey Travel 633; Field 1160; NMM 816; Sabin 57576. -- SCORESBY, William. Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland . Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1823. 8 o. 2 engraved maps and 6 plates. Contemporary calf. NMM 834; Sabin 78171. -- GRAAH, Wilhelm August. Undersogelses-Reise till Ostkysten af Gronland . Copenhagen: J.D. Quist, 1832. 4 o. Engraved folding map and 8 hand-colored engraved plates. Contemporary quarter mottled calf gilt, marbled boards. Provenance : Erik Halved (bookplate) -- Bille Brahe (ownership signature on front pastedown). NMM 849; Sabin 28178. Together 5 volumes. (Some offsetting and foxing, bindings a bit soiled and rubbed.) (5)
EXPLORATION -- GREENLAND]. CRANTZ, David. The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country and its Inhabitants . London: Printed for the Brethren's Society, 1767. 2 volumes, 8 o. 2 engraved folding maps and 7 engraved plates. 19th-century polished calf gilt. Field 383 ("No tribe of American savages has been more closely or intelligently studied"); Sabin 17417. -- O'REILLY, Bernard. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean . New York: James Eastburn, 1818. 8 o. 2 engraved folding maps. Original boards, uncut. Abbey Travel 633; Field 1160; NMM 816; Sabin 57576. -- SCORESBY, William. Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland . Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1823. 8 o. 2 engraved maps and 6 plates. Contemporary calf. NMM 834; Sabin 78171. -- GRAAH, Wilhelm August. Undersogelses-Reise till Ostkysten af Gronland . Copenhagen: J.D. Quist, 1832. 4 o. Engraved folding map and 8 hand-colored engraved plates. Contemporary quarter mottled calf gilt, marbled boards. Provenance : Erik Halved (bookplate) -- Bille Brahe (ownership signature on front pastedown). NMM 849; Sabin 28178. Together 5 volumes. (Some offsetting and foxing, bindings a bit soiled and rubbed.) (5)
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