The Natural History Of Norway

London: Printed by A Linde, Bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, 1755 A good copy of the first (and only) English edition in largely contemporary full leather binding with folding engraved map coloured in outline, and 28 plates. In 2 parts - the second part published over a year after the first as writing was disrupted… Read more about this item

First English edition, a nice copy, albeit without two of the original plates to the first part, of this remarkable account of Norway's natural history by the Danish theologian and antiquary Pontoppidan (1698-1764), whose accounts of sea monsters influenced both Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Jules Verne's Twenty thousand leagues under the seas. First published as Det første Forsøg paa Norges naturlige… Read more about this item

London: A. Linde, 1755.. First English edition, folio, two parts in one volume, xxiii, (i), 206 pp; vii, (i), 291, (13) pp. Large folding map after Johann Baptist Homann, hand coloured in outline, and 28 plates. Uncut in modern period style panelled calf, some light sunning, corners very slightly bumped. The author, already a noted writer and antiquarian in… Read more about this item

1755. London, A. Linde, 1755. Folio (370 x 225). Bound in a nice later half calf binding with six bands and gilt lettering to spine. Light miscoluring to spine otheriwse a very find and clean copy. XXIII, (1), 206, VII, (1), 291,(1) + Index (12) pp. + large folded hand coloured map and 28 engraved plates. … Read more about this item

Paperback. New.

Paperback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing