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ZORGDRAGER, Cornelius Gijsbertsz (c. 1660-after 1730). Alte und neue grönländische Fischerei und Wallfischfang. Leipzig: Peter Conrad Monath, 1723.
The first German edition of Zorgdrager’s classic of 18th-century whaling. The illustrations, re-engraved from the Dutch issue, provide the best early depictions of the bowhead whale and the sperm whale. Chavanne 2111; Sabin 106373.
Quarto (203 x 165mm). Engraved frontispiece; title in black and red; 8 plates, one of which folding; 6 folding maps (plates are very strong and dark; some browning in the corners). Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Donald A. Heald Rare Books.
The first German edition of Zorgdrager’s classic of 18th-century whaling. The illustrations, re-engraved from the Dutch issue, provide the best early depictions of the bowhead whale and the sperm whale. Chavanne 2111; Sabin 106373.
Quarto (203 x 165mm). Engraved frontispiece; title in black and red; 8 plates, one of which folding; 6 folding maps (plates are very strong and dark; some browning in the corners). Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Donald A. Heald Rare Books.