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De walvischvangst, met veele byzonderheden daartoe betrekkelyk.
Amsterdam, Harlingen, Petrus Conradi and Volckert van der Plaats, 1784-86.
4 volumes in 1. 4to. Later brown boards, uncut, with gilt lettering to spine. With 4 title-pages, 2 folding engraved plates by Kobell and Sallieth of a whaling scene and haring fishery, 6 folding engraved maps, and 13 engraved plates (3 folding). VII,96; III,116; (2),116; (2),116 pp. First edition. - An early classic in the literature of Dutch whaling. Including Heemskerk and Barentsz's winter encampment on Nova Zemlya, several accounts of whaling expeditions i.a. near Jan Mayen Island and Davis Strait, as well as descriptions of the types of whales, birds and fishes in these Arctic regions, and the surrounding lands and the people that lived there. The maps depict the North Pole, Spitsbergen, Nova Zemlya, Jan Mayen Island, Greenland and Iceland. Two folding plates depict the famous whaling and herring fishery scenes by Kobell and Sallieth. The fourth part also deals with herring-fishery. Some foxing and just a few pages light partly waterstained, otherwise a fine copy with large margins.
Cat. NHSM p.900; Ingalis 33-35; Kendall Whaling Museum Prints 93;
4 volumes in 1. 4to. Later brown boards, uncut, with gilt lettering to spine. With 4 title-pages, 2 folding engraved plates by Kobell and Sallieth of a whaling scene and haring fishery, 6 folding engraved maps, and 13 engraved plates (3 folding). VII,96; III,116; (2),116; (2),116 pp. First edition. - An early classic in the literature of Dutch whaling. Including Heemskerk and Barentsz's winter encampment on Nova Zemlya, several accounts of whaling expeditions i.a. near Jan Mayen Island and Davis Strait, as well as descriptions of the types of whales, birds and fishes in these Arctic regions, and the surrounding lands and the people that lived there. The maps depict the North Pole, Spitsbergen, Nova Zemlya, Jan Mayen Island, Greenland and Iceland. Two folding plates depict the famous whaling and herring fishery scenes by Kobell and Sallieth. The fourth part also deals with herring-fishery. Some foxing and just a few pages light partly waterstained, otherwise a fine copy with large margins.
Cat. NHSM p.900; Ingalis 33-35; Kendall Whaling Museum Prints 93;
€ 3.650
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