samuel lorentz odmann (2 risultati)

Small 8vo. [14], 618, [14] pp. Folding map, woodcut headpiece. Later quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title; joints rubbed, headcap chipped, rear corner cracked. Very good. RARE. FIRST SWEDISH EDITION of Cook's third voyage. Translated and abridged from the official account of Cook's third and final voyage. The translator was the Swedish naturalist and theologian, Samuel Lorentz Odmann (1750-1829). [Nat'l. Lib. of Australia]. The folding map at the back of the volume shows the area of the Bering Strait, Asia to the west, the Sandwich Islands to the south, and Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island (which is not shown as an island at all). Beddie 1566; DuRietz (Cook) 12; Forbes 126; Kroepelien 1137. Copies in: National Library of Australia; Carlskrona LaseSallskaps Bibliothek; Univ. Minnesota; Yale; Univ. Alaska; State Lib. New South Wales.

Lithographie v. Joh. Cardon n. J. G. Sandberg b. Spong & Cardon, 1842, 26 x 20 (H) Unter dem Namen sowie den Lebensdaten befindet sich ein Signet in Prägedruck.