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ANDERSON (Johann): Histoire naturelle de l'Islande, du Groenland, du détroit de Davis, et d'autres pays situées sous le nord. Paris, Jorry, 1750. 2 volumes. 9.5 by 17 cm. Frontispiece-XXXIV-314 pages and one map and two folding plates; (2)-IV-391 pages and 5 folding plates (complete). Contemporary full calf, smooth ornate spine, carmine title-piece, lace on edges. Two small cracks on the upper spine of volume 2, not serious, otherwise very good condition. Very good condition inside. One bound book in disarray, but the text is complete. French first edition. Anderson was not a traveler, but a Hamburg scholar. In this work, he has gathered together all the testimonies, particularly from ship captains, and all available information on recent voyages to Iceland and Greenland. The work concludes with a hundred-page supplement containing a Greenlandic dictionary and grammar. Beautiful engravings...

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ANDERSON (Johann): Histoire naturelle de l'Islande, du Groenland, du détroit de Davis, et d'autres pays situées sous le nord. Paris, Jorry, 1750. 2 volumes. 9.5 by 17 cm. Frontispiece-XXXIV-314 pages and one map and two folding plates; (2)-IV-391 pages and 5 folding plates (complete). Contemporary full calf, smooth ornate spine, carmine title-piece, lace on edges. Two small cracks on the upper spine of volume 2, not serious, otherwise very good condition. Very good condition inside. One bound book in disarray, but the text is complete. French first edition. Anderson was not a traveler, but a Hamburg scholar. In this work, he has gathered together all the testimonies, particularly from ship captains, and all available information on recent voyages to Iceland and Greenland. The work concludes with a hundred-page supplement containing a Greenlandic dictionary and grammar. Beautiful engravings...

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