THUNBERG, CARL PETER. Resa uti Europe, Africa, Asia, forrattad Aren 1770-1779. 11 engraved plates. 4 volumes. Small 8vo, contemporary .25 sheep with roan lettering pieces, spines faded, Volume 1 front joint cracked; scat-tered stains at beginning and

THUNBERG, CARL PETER. Resa uti Europe, Africa, Asia, forrattad Aren 1770-1779. 11 engraved plates. 4 volumes. Small 8vo, contemporary .25 sheep with roan lettering pieces, spines faded, Volume 1 front joint cracked; scat-tered stains at beginning and end of Volume 2. Upsala: Joh. Edman, 1788-89 E2000-3000 FIRST EDITION of the account of an important scientific voyage, during which Thunberg did pioneering botanical research in Cape Province in South Africa, and in Japan. DSB XIII, 391-92 ("contains material of great ethnographic interest"); Mendelssohn IV, 504.