James Cook. Gifts and Treasures from the South Seas. The Cook/Forster Collection, Göttingen. Gaben und Schätze aus der Südsee. Die Göttinger Sammlung Cook/Forster
by HAUSER-SCHAÜBLIN, Brigitta and Gundolf KRÜGER
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Munich: Prestel, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Munich, Prestel, 1998. Quarto, 351 pages with colour front endpaper maps and 473 illustrations (50 in colour). Cloth very slightly marked and bumped; an excellent copy with the very slightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper. Documents 500 of the finest cultural art objects collected by the Cook expeditions over a period of 8 years. Exhibition Catalogue. Text in English and German.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136200
- Title
- James Cook. Gifts and Treasures from the South Seas. The Cook/Forster Collection, Göttingen. Gaben und Schätze aus der Südsee. Die Göttinger Sammlung Cook/Forster
- Author
- HAUSER-SCHAÜBLIN, Brigitta and Gundolf KRÜGER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Place of Publication
- Munich
- Date Published
- 1998
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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