TASCHENBUCH DER REISEN, ODER UNTERHALTENDE DARSTELLUNG DER ENTDECKUNGEN DES 18ten JAHRHUNDERTS, IN RUCKSICHT DER LANDER, MENSCHEN UND PRODUCTENKUNDE
by Zimmermann, Eberhard A.W
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Leipzi: Fleische, 1809. 356pp. plus eleven plates (some folding). Map lacking. 16mo. Contemporary blue wrappers. Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine. Internally clean. Lacks map, else very good. Untrimmed. A single volume from an eighteen volume series by a noted German academic. Zimmermann (1743-1815) was a noted German geographer and zoologist. He wrote SPECIMEN ZOOLOGIAE GEOGRAPHICAE QUADRUPEDUM (1777), one of the first works on the geographical distribution of mammals. This volume covers Alaska and Sibera, with illustrations of the native peoples, their dwellings, and a walrus, all pirated versions of plates from Cook's third voyage atlas. A very nice copy of this work, lacking only the map. Not in Ricks, Wickersham, or Lada-Mocarski. SABIN 106341. TOURVILLE 5032.
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- TASCHENBUCH DER REISEN, ODER UNTERHALTENDE DARSTELLUNG DER ENTDECKUNGEN DES 18ten JAHRHUNDERTS, IN RUCKSICHT DER LANDER, MENSCHEN UND PRODUCTENKUNDE
- Author
- Zimmermann, Eberhard A.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Fleische
- Place of Publication
- Leipzi
- Date Published
- 1809
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Chipping
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