Author: BYRON John ( ) :
Title: Reize rondom den aardkloot, door den kommandeur Byron, aan boord van het Engelsch schip Den Dolphyn, gedaan. Vervattende een geloofwaardig Bericht van de verscheidene Plaatsen, Volken, Planten, Dieren, enz. op de reize gezien...Eene echte en nauwkeurige Beschryving van de Straat van Magelhaan, en van de Reusachtige Natie, Patagoniers genaamd...
Description: .: Haerlem, Joh. Enschedé, 1767, in-8°, engraved frontispiece + (4) + 218 pp + 1 engraved plate, modern marbled boards, leather label on back, title damaged but repaired, with loss of text (printer and date were lost, collated against a copy in Utrecht UB library). Rare Dutch translation of a voyage made by the grandfather of Lord Byron which gave cause for rumour of South American giants. (The illustrations depict these giants). This edition appeared one year after the English original. .

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