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Historical work on the Dutch trade and activities at sea, esp. whaling and herring fishery, with magnificent views of the harbours of the Netherlands, including Batavia View picture(s) 1 AA, Cornelis van der [& D.JONG, H. Kobell Jr. & M. SALLIETH]. Atlas van de zeehavens der Bataafsche Republiek & die van Batavia  en Onrust. Mitsgaders de afbeeldingen van de haringvisscherij en de walvischvangst. In Een-en-dertig Kunstplaaten naar het  Leven afgebeeld ... En met vermelding van veele bijzonderheden, betreffende den ouden en lateren toestand der Nederlandschen koophandels, visscherijen, traffieken en fabrieken. Amsterdam, L. Maaskamp, 1805. Large folio . Modern three-quarter calf. With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch. (5), VI-XII, 135 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  Fishing  Indonesia  Maritime History  Ships & Shipbuilding  VOC  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Largest assembly of natural history illustrations published before the 18th century View picture(s) 2 ALDROVANDI, Ulisse. Opera. Bologna, 1599-1667. 13 volumes. Folio (35 x 24 cm). Contemporary blind-stamped vellum. With engraved title to each volume, engraved full page portrait of Aldrovandi in 3 volumes and several thousand woodcut illustrations in text, mostly after designs by J. Ligozzi and many full-page. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  Botany  Collections  Encyclopædic Works  Fishing  Italy  Natural History  Science  Shells  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Sea salts not whale sperm View picture(s) 3 CORDUS, Valerius and Conrad GESNER. De Halosantho seu spermate ceti vulgo dicto, liber. Zürich, [Jacob Gesner], 1566. 8vo. Modern half vellum. With a large woodcut publisher's device on the title-page and 1 woodcut initial. [3], 37 ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: Earth Sciences [Mineralogy]  Medicine  Medicine & Anatomy & Physiology  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Royal Whale of Ostend dissected View picture(s) 4 DUBAR, J. Ostéographie de la baleine échouée a l'est du port d'Ostende, le 4 novembre 1827. Précédée d'une notice sur la découverte et la dissection de ce Cétacée. Brussels, Laurent Frères, 1828. 8vo. Modern half black calf, spine gilt. With 13 folding lithographed plates depicting bones of the whale, all designed by Bossuet and lithographed by Jobard. [2], 61, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Belgicana  Natural History  Whaling  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early description of Greenland View picture(s) 5 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. 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. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arctic  Botany  Cartography  Whaling  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Well-illustrated work on the Dutch whale- and herring-fishery in the Northern Seas and Greenland View picture(s) 6 RESTE, Bernard de. Histoire des pêches, des découvertes et des établissemens des Hollandois dans les mers du Nord: ouvrage traduit du Hollandois par les soins du Gouvernement, enrichi de notes & orné de cartes & de figures. Paris, Nyon the Elder & Sons, Widow of Nyon, 1791-1800. 3 volumes. 8vo. 19th-century green half shagreen, gold-tooled spine, sides with crowned gilt initials 'C.L.' With 28 engraved plates and maps (21 folding and 7 full-page). XXXVI, 432; 464; [4], 378 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arctic  Fishing  Greenland  Ichthyology  Natural History  Netherlands  Whaling  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch translation of this most important early work on Lapland, illustrated by Jan Luyken View picture(s) 7 SCHEFFER, Johannes Gerhard. Waarachtige en aen-merkens-waardige historie van Lapland: ofte een beschrijving van desselfs oorspronk, landschappen, geberchten, gewassen, gedierten, metalen, steenen, wateren, en voornaamste geschiedenissen. Benevens der inwoonderen zeden, regeering, godtsdiensten, oorlogen, drachten, koophandel, gebouwen, van tenten, schepen, sleden, etc. Als ook van hare tover-trommelen, en wind-koopery. Met noch een kort bericht van den toestand der Finnen. Nieuwelijks uit het Frans van den heer Scheffer vertaalt. Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1682. 4to. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece by Jan Luyken, unsigned folding map of Lapland and 16 full-page engraved plates by Jan Luyken (2 not signed). (6), 99; 146; 73, (7) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Finland  Natural History  Religion  Scandinavia  Superstition  Travel & Voyages  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Eyewitness to the death of James Cook View picture(s) 8 ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich. Dernier voyage du Capitaine Cook autour du monde, ou  se trouvent les circonstances de sa mort, publié en  allemand par un témoin oculaire, & traduit  avec un abrégé de la vie de ce navigateur célebre, & des  notes. Bern, Nouvelle Société Typographique, 1782. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, with red morocco title-label. XVI, 200 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Finland  Natural History  Religion  Scandinavia  Superstition  Travel & Voyages  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two extremely rare lists of the Dutch and German whaling ships put to sea in 1774 View picture(s) 9 [WHALING - GREENLAND]. Lyst van de Hollandse, Hamburger EN Breemer Groenlandsvaarders, anno 1774. Uitgevaaren. Amsterdam, Heirs Jacob Michiel Brouwer, (1775). 2 works in one vol. 8vo. Loose in contemporary overlapping vellum wrappers. Woodcut printer's device with whaling scene on both titles. 24, 8 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Americana  Greenland  Maritime History  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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