FORSTER, JOHANN GEORGE ADAM. Vom Brodbaum... [Kassel], 1784. 4to, 188 x 158 mm., contemporary half calf, some wear to spine. FIRST EDITION. 2 engraved plates. Forster's treatise on breadfruit resulting from his South Pacific explorations as part of Cook's voyage. This work was later included in his Kleine Schriften but the present, original separate issue is quite rare and not recorded in the standard bibliographies. Pritzel 2974. Ernst Nolte's copy with his signature and some notes.

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FORSTER, JOHANN GEORGE ADAM. Vom Brodbaum... [Kassel], 1784. 4to, 188 x 158 mm., contemporary half calf, some wear to spine. FIRST EDITION. 2 engraved plates. Forster's treatise on breadfruit resulting from his South Pacific explorations as part of Cook's voyage. This work was later included in his Kleine Schriften but the present, original separate issue is quite rare and not recorded in the standard bibliographies. Pritzel 2974. Ernst Nolte's copy with his signature and some notes.

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