< Back

Early description of Greenland

MARTENS, Friedrich.
Viaggio di Spizberga o' Gronlanda fatto da Federico Martens Amburghese l' anno 1671. Ove si descrivono que' remotissimi paesi del settentrione sotto gli 81. gradi, ne' quali soggiorna il Sole per lo spazio di tre Mesi intieri, con una copiosa relazione di quell'agghiacciato clima, e de gli uccelli, quadrupedi, pesci, e piante rare, che vi nascono, colla descrizione delle balene, e lor pesca. Portato nuovamente dalla lingua Alemana nell'Italiana dal Sig. Iacopo Rautenfels gentiluomo Curlandese. Al moltr'illustre, e molto rev. sig. il Signor D. Domenico Bertuzzini.

With woodcut initials, tailpieces, one woodcut illustration in text of a whale, a crab, and 2 folding plates, one with illustrations of the capture of whales, plants, birds and fishes.

With woodcut initials, tailpieces, one woodcut illustration in text of a whale, a crab, and 2 folding plates, one with illustrations of the capture of whales, plants, birds and fishes.

With woodcut initials, tailpieces, one woodcut illustration in text of a whale, a crab, and 2 folding plates, one with illustrations of the capture of whales, plants, birds and fishes.

With woodcut initials, tailpieces, one woodcut illustration in text of a whale, a crab, and 2 folding plates, one with illustrations of the capture of whales, plants, birds and fishes.

With woodcut initials, tailpieces, one woodcut illustration in text of a whale, a crab, and 2 folding plates, one with illustrations of the capture of whales, plants, birds and fishes.



Bologna, Giacomo Monti, 1680. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, ribbed spine with title lettered in gold, green sprinkled edges. With woodcut initials, tailpieces, one woodcut illustration in text of a whale, a crab, and 2 folding plates, one with illustrations of the capture of whales, plants, birds and fishes. 264 pp.

Rare Italian edition of one of the rare voyages to the artic area during the 17th century, by Friedrich Martens (1635-1699). The work was translated from German by Jacob Rautenfels. The book contains detailed descriptions of Greenland and the flora and fauna of the arctic region. Pp. 202-264 are entirely dedicated to whaling containing also a poetical description of Greenlandish ships. Martens was the surgeon of the expedition which left Hamburg on the 15th of April 1671. Another edition published in Venice appeared in the same year. The original German work was published in 1675 in Hamburg, under the title Spitzbergische oder Groenlandische Reisebeschreibung gethan im Jahr 1671. Aus eigner Erfahrunge beschrieben, die dazu erforderte Figuren nach dem Leven selbst abgerissen (so hierbey in Kupffer zu sehen) und jetzo durch den Druck mitgetheilet. The work was also published in Dutch (1685), French (in the shape of an article in 'Recueils de voyages au Nord' in 1715) and English (as part of the compilation An account of several late voyages and discoveries to the south & north... in 1694).

Very good copy.- (Some waterstaining and browning on title page and a few lvs.).
Sabin 44838; Nissen, ZBI, 2706; Jenkins, Bibl. of Whaling, p. 125; cf. Pritzel 5843 (original edition); cf. Tiele 1186.

Related Subjects: Arctic  Botany  Cartography  Whaling  Zoology 

Add to Shopping cart
€ 6.500,00

Prices in EUROS (€), shipping and BTW/VAT extra.

< Back

Terms of sale

All items are offered subject to prior sale. Prices are nett and in (€) EURO. VAT/BTW, postage, and insurance are not included. 

Free shipping for orders over € 2,500.  EU customers: if applicable, please quote your VAT number when placing orders.

Preferred mode of payment: by credit card through our secure online payment service, which is facilitated by Ogone. If you wish to make other arrangements, please contact us. Terms of sale

E-mail this to a friend







This is a captcha-picture. It is used to prevent mass-access by robots. (see: www.captcha.net)

Type the characters that you see in the box (5 characters). The code can include characters 0..9 and A..F.*

  


Antiquariaat FORUM B.V.
Tuurdijk 16
3997 MS t Goy-Houten,
The Netherlands
Phone: (+31) (0)30 601 1955
Fax: (+31) (0)30 601 1813
E-mail: info@forumrarebooks.com
Web: http://www.forumrarebooks.com