EGGEDE (Hans). Description and Natural History of Greenland. Copenhagen, Geneve, Frères C. A. Philibert. 1763. In-8° bound in leopard-printed full tan calf, spine gilt and gilt ribbed, gilt roulette on the edges (Binding of the period). [2] ff, XXVIII, [2] ff, 171 pp. With a map of Greenland and 10 plates of natural history and ethnography, all engraved on folding plates. First edition of the French translation of this text, copy complete with its illustration. Fairly good condition binding with some wear, interior browned and pitted Fairly good condition Binding: Tail cap missing Joints partially split Insect gallery on spine Interior pages: Browning and pitting of pages Browsing and soiling Poor quality paper Plates with some foxing and soiling

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