Coenen adriaen (6 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. Oblong 4to, 208 pp., Edited & with an introduction by Florike Egmund and Peter Mason with commentaries by Kees Lankester. Profusely illustrated (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Gift inscription else interior is very clean. Light finger smudges to lower corners. Dust jacket has very light edgewear.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Physical description; xv, 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm. Subjects; Whales ; Early works to 1800. Marine animals ; Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Dutch. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch. Zoology. Science-History. Netherlands. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Physical description; xv, 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm. Subjects; Whales ; Early works to 1800. Marine animals ; Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Dutch. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch. Zoology. Science-History. Netherlands. 1 Kg. …

Oblong 4to, 20.8x27.5cm. Pp. xvi,208, 114 full-page coloured reproductions, double-page half-tone reproduction of Wagenaer map (1584) of the western coastal area of the Netherlands. Orig. boards in pictorial laminated dust-jacket. Fine (new copy). - In the late 16th century, Dutch beachcomber Adriaen Coenen scanned the shores of Holland for interesting marine material. He produced several illustrated manuscripts of his findings, covering everything from the common herring to the exotic moonfish, as well as a few mythical creatures described to him by sailors. Coenen"s work is a rare visual and textual source for the natural world of his day, and contains the earliest known European pictures of whales, naively portrayed but easily identifiable. His lively watercolors are reproduced with their accompanying texts, which are translated here and augmented ashort introduction by the editors.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Whale Book: Whales and Other Marine Animals as Described by Adriaen Coenen in 1585. Edited by Florike Egmund and Peter Mason. 208pp. Provenance - signed on the front free end paper by Mark Cawardine, the well known zoologist, environmental activist, award-winning writer, TV and radio presenter, widely published wildlife photographer and best-selling author. Includes numerous colour illustrations by Adriaen Coenen from 1585. This book is in near fine condition. The blue cloth boards are in fine condition. The spine is in near fine condition, with minor bumping to the head and tail edges. The silvered titling to the spine is bright. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. The dust jacket is in near fine condition, with some minro bumping to the edges. The dust jacket is unclipped.…