RESTE, BERNARD DE - Histoire Des Peches Des Decouvertes et Des Etablissements Des Hollandois Dans Le Mers Du Nord.

Paris, Nyon, La Veuve, Libraire. 1798. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Ouvrage traduit du Hollandois par les soins du Gouvernement, enrichi de Notes, & Orne de Cartes & de Figures a l'usage des Navigateurs & des Amateurs de l'Histoire Naturelle. 3 Vols. Paris, Nyon, (An IX de La Republique) XXXVI-432 , 462 pp. & 378 pp. This fine set conatains a total of 22 (folding) plates and 6 maps, e.g. Whales, a large folding print of an elaborately engraved whaling scene, with nice large vessels, natural history prints, tools and arms of the whalers, as well as folding maps of: Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen Island, Iceland etc. etc. All in good condition. The spines, with fine titlepieces, are a bit "tired" but firmly holding. Very Good.