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SCHEFFER, JOHANNES.
The History of Lapland.
Folding engraved map; 26
large woodcut illustrations, including vignette on letterpress title. [6], 147, [1] pages, includ-
ing engraved additional title. Folio, 295x187 mm, contemporary sheep, joints worn, spine
ends chipped; contents generally clean, with only minor marginal foxing on titles.
Oxford: At the Theater for George West and Amos Curtein, 1674
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
of a study of the geography, natural history, and inhabitants of
Lapland, originally published in Latin the year before; issue with West/Curtein imprint.
Alden 674/172 (for discussion of the Lapp fondness for tobacco); Wing S851.
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SCORESBY, WILLIAM, Jr.
An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a
History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery.
20 engraved plates; 4
engraved maps; 4 folding tables. [iii]-xx, 551, [1], 82; viii, 574 pages, including half-title in
Volume 2, lacking in Volume 1. 2 volumes. 8vo, 221x132 mm, modern crude
1
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2
green
leather; contents dampwrinkled with occasional marginal foxing and soiling, varying fox-
ing and dampstaining on engraved matter, several plates partly separated at folds, clean tear
at top of Volume 1 title.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820
[250/350]
FIRST EDITION
of a history of Arctic exploration and whaling. Arctic Bibliography 15610;
Books on Ice 2.2.
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