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ENGEL, Samuel (1702-1784). Neuer Versuch über die Lage der nördlichen Gegenden von Asia und Amerika. Basel: Carl August Serini, 1777.
The revised German edition of Engel’s 1765 appraisal of the current state of Arctic geographic knowledge—very rare at auction. According to ABPC and RBH, no copies of this work have appeared since the 1930s. Sabin 22574; Lada-Mocarski 28.
Quarto (238 x 198mm). 3 folding engraved maps. 19th-century black marbled paper boards (some wear at hinges and extremities). Provenance: E.F.C. Doehner (1802 inscription) – Wayfarer’s Bookshop.
The revised German edition of Engel’s 1765 appraisal of the current state of Arctic geographic knowledge—very rare at auction. According to ABPC and RBH, no copies of this work have appeared since the 1930s. Sabin 22574; Lada-Mocarski 28.
Quarto (238 x 198mm). 3 folding engraved maps. 19th-century black marbled paper boards (some wear at hinges and extremities). Provenance: E.F.C. Doehner (1802 inscription) – Wayfarer’s Bookshop.