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MARTENS FRIEDRICH: Viaggio di Spizberga o Grolanda fattola Federico Martens amburghese l’anno 1671. In Venezia, Iseppo Prodocimo 1680
MARTENS FRIEDRICH
Viaggio di Spizberga o Grolanda fattola Federico Martens amburghese l’anno 1671.
In Venezia, Iseppo Prodocimo 1680
In-16 16x9.4 cm
A rare account of the FIRST JOURNEY TO GREENLAND in modern times and the first book in which whaling is described. This edition was published in the same year as the Bologna princeps edition. Of extreme rarity, only 3 copies are recorded in Italian public libraries.
Coeval hardback, with barbe.