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Book Condition: Used Fine
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd

United States
About Item: Amsterdam / Harlingen: Peter Conrad / Volkert van der Plaats [through 1786], 1784. First Edition. Quarter-Calf. Fine. Rare complete copy of this early classic in the literature of whaling, illustrated with finely engraved maps of the polar regions, including one of the earliest maps showing the whole of the Arctic and perhaps the first map of Nova Zembla. Four volumes bound in one, each with title page and separate pagination. 4to (250 x 202mm): vii,[1],96, with four plates (three folding) and two folding maps; iii,[1],116, with one plate and three folding maps; [4],116, with nine plates (one folding), and folding map; [4],116pp, with one folding plate, the magnificent lifting of the nets, depicting the fleet of ships and sloops used in the fishery. Contemporary quarter calf over speckled paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments divided by double gilt rules, tan leather lettering piece gilt, all edges speckled brown. A Fine, wide-margined example, tightly bound in contemporary (probably… Read More
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