FORSTER (Jean Reinhold). History of the discoveries and jour - Lot 121

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FORSTER (Jean Reinhold). History of the discoveries and jour - Lot 121
FORSTER (Jean Reinhold). History of the discoveries and journeys made in the North. Paris, Cuchet, 1788. 2 volumes in-8 de xv, 399 pp. ; xii, 410, (2) pp. Jaspered cardboard, p. of title and tom. (binding of the time). Illustrated with 3 large folding maps. Original edition of the French translation (by Broussonet) of this estimated work. The way the subject is treated, proves the author's vast knowledge. It presents an accurate summary of all the voyages undertaken in the Arctic seas from the Phoenicians to the 18th century. Jean Reinhold Forster (1729-1798), an English naturalist and traveller, became famous for his participation in Captain Cook's second voyage. Small rubs on headdresses and corners. Good copy.
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