Author: EGEDE, HANS
Title: A Description of Greenland
Description: London: C. Hitch in Pater-noster Row, S. Austen in Newgate-Street; and J. Jackson near St. James's Gate, 1745. First Edition in English. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 120mm (8" x 5"). xvi, 220pp. 12 copper plates including frontis fold out map. Translated from the Danish.. G : in good condition with marbled eps. Cover and spine rubbed with faded titles. Minor tear at map margin. Ownership details on prelims. Text block firm. Plates bright .

Keywords: Topography Arctic Exploration 1650 - 1750 Antiquarian Natural History


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