1750/​6115

Hans Povelsen Egede (b. Norge 1686, d. Falster, Danmark 1758)

Hand Egede (Eggede): Description et Histoire Naturelle Du Groenland. Cph and Geneve 1763. 1st French ed. (4),xxviii,(4), 171 pp. 8vo. With the folding map and 10 folding plates of natural history subjects and ethnographic images. Bound in fine full calf. + A Description of Greenland [...] With an Historical Introduction [...]. London 1818. 8vo. 225 pp. With folding engraved map and woodcuts in text. Old book plate. Bound in cont. half calf, joints repaired. (2)

A very interesting account of the natural history and the local way of life by Egede. The plates are particularly interesting showing games, hunting etc.

Lauridsen VIII:196.

Provenance: Book Collector and Doctor of Medicine Torben Schiødt (1926–2009).

Auction

Books and manuscripts, 12 December 2017

Category

Books & manuscripts

Estimate

3,000–5,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

7,000 DKK  

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