Author: WATSON, Frederick.
Title: De dierlyke wereld ter beschouwinge opengezet. Uit het Engelsch .. met merklyke verbeteringen en aantekeningen uitgegeeven door Cornelis Nozeman.
Description: Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1761. Contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine richly gilt in compartments, with red morocco title label to spine (top of spine very sl. dam.). With 33 folding engraved plates. XIV,292, (7) pp. First Dutch edition, first published in London in 1754: The animal world display'd : or the nature and qualities of living creatures described, with only 18 plates. - Much improved Dutch edition with more plates depicting various mammals, fishes and birds. - Except some very light foxing a beautiful copy. - Scarce. Nissen, ZB, p.426.
Keywords: travel
Title: De dierlyke wereld ter beschouwinge opengezet. Uit het Engelsch .. met merklyke verbeteringen en aantekeningen uitgegeeven door Cornelis Nozeman.
Description: Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1761. Contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine richly gilt in compartments, with red morocco title label to spine (top of spine very sl. dam.). With 33 folding engraved plates. XIV,292, (7) pp. First Dutch edition, first published in London in 1754: The animal world display'd : or the nature and qualities of living creatures described, with only 18 plates. - Much improved Dutch edition with more plates depicting various mammals, fishes and birds. - Except some very light foxing a beautiful copy. - Scarce. Nissen, ZB, p.426.
Keywords: travel
Price: EUR 495.00 = appr. US$ 537.99 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 35159
- Book number: 35159