Author: Kalm, Pieter
Title: Reis Door Noord Amerika Gedaan Door Den Heer Pieter Kalm. [Voyage to North America in 1772] First Edition
Description: Utrecht : By J. van Schoonhoven en Comp. en G. van den Brink Janz. 1772. Contemporary half calf binding, spine gilt, boards slightly rubbed, some loss of leather at top of spine. 4to. 22 x 28 cm. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-4to, [24] + 223 + [6] + 240 + [8] pp. OCLC Number:6684063154to. Engraved frontispiece by C. Phillips Jacobsz. Large folding map engraved by Carel Jacob de Huyser (Nieuwe en Nauwkeurige kaart van een gedeelte van Noord Amerika, behelzende Nieuw Engeland, New York, Pensylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, een Stuk van Virginia, Kanada en Halifax) and 4 engraved plates. Very good copy. First edition in Dutch, and a desirable edition, "far superior to the [original] Swedish and English editions" (Lande from Sabin.) The original Swedish edition was published in Stockholm 1753-1761. Ref. Sabin 36988 ; Lande 483 ; Tiele 577 ; Cat. NHSM p. 269. .

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