Author: KERGUELEN TRÉMAREC, YVES-JOSEPH DE:
Title: Relation d'un voyage dans la mer du Nord, aux côtes d'Islande, du Groenland, de Ferro, de Schettland, des Orcades & de Norwége; fait en 1767 & 1768. Paris, Prault, 1771.
Description: . 4to. Pp. (vii), (2), 220. As usual, the leaf with avis and list of plates is missing. With eighteen engraved maps and plates, many folded. Title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette. Some marginal staining on the last two leaves. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red title label, boards with gilt frame, rubbed and top of spine with small splits, marbled edges and matching endpapers. A handsome copy of the first edition. Provenance: Schröder Johan Henrik (1791-1852), renowned Swedish archaeologist and historian. Later belonged to Ericsberg castle, Sweden.An account by the French naval officer Kerguelen Trémarec of a voyage in the North Sea that visited the coasts of Iceland, Geenland and Norway. The purpose of the expedition was to "give protection and encouragement to the cod fishermen on the coast of Iceland, and to preserve order among the French fishermen" (Cox). Cox ii, 21. Sabin 37616. Schiötz 527a.
Keywords: Europe, norden, nordic, scandinavia, icleand, norway, greenland, denmark, norway, travel, exploration,
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Title: Relation d'un voyage dans la mer du Nord, aux côtes d'Islande, du Groenland, de Ferro, de Schettland, des Orcades & de Norwége; fait en 1767 & 1768. Paris, Prault, 1771.
Description: . 4to. Pp. (vii), (2), 220. As usual, the leaf with avis and list of plates is missing. With eighteen engraved maps and plates, many folded. Title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette. Some marginal staining on the last two leaves. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red title label, boards with gilt frame, rubbed and top of spine with small splits, marbled edges and matching endpapers. A handsome copy of the first edition. Provenance: Schröder Johan Henrik (1791-1852), renowned Swedish archaeologist and historian. Later belonged to Ericsberg castle, Sweden.An account by the French naval officer Kerguelen Trémarec of a voyage in the North Sea that visited the coasts of Iceland, Geenland and Norway. The purpose of the expedition was to "give protection and encouragement to the cod fishermen on the coast of Iceland, and to preserve order among the French fishermen" (Cox). Cox ii, 21. Sabin 37616. Schiötz 527a.
Keywords: Europe, norden, nordic, scandinavia, icleand, norway, greenland, denmark, norway, travel, exploration,
Price: EUR 2400.00 = appr. US$ 2608.43 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 100420
- Book number: 100420
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