Greenland Fabricius Fauna Groenlandica
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Beskrivning
GREENLAND. FABRICIUS, OTTO. 1744-1822.
Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia Groenlandiae.... Copenhagen & Leipzig: J.G. Rothe, 1780.
8vo (200 x 119 mm). xvi, 452 pp. 1 folding engraved plate (foxed). Contemporary half calf and boards, rubbed and worn. Ownership stamp on front paste-down Louis Bennett Bishop. Text with foxing, namestamp on title.
First edition. Brunet II, 1154.
Fabricius, Danish monk and missionary in Greenland from 1768 to 1773, where he made careful zoological observations of local fauna. This work lists 473 species, of which some 130 were new discoveries.
Together with:
MÜLLER, OTTO FREDERIK. 1730-1784.
Zoologica Danica Prodromus. Copenhagen: Morten Hallager, 1777.
8vo (220 x 140 mm). Modern green cloth.
3 works.
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Auktionsnummer:
871700
Datum:
2021-02-14