(ARCTIC) Crantz David The History of Greenland

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(ARCTIC.) Crantz, David. The History of Greenland. 2 folding maps, 7 plates. [4], lvi, 405 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, rebacked; lacking 2 leaves of the table of contents, minor dampstaining; early owners' inscriptions and inked library withdrawal stamps on endpapers. London, 1767

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First edition in English. "The minute journal of the noble Moravian Brethren, gives us in their own language the phases of Aboriginal life and peculiarities which daily presented themselves. No tribe of American savages has been more closely or intelligently studied"--Field 383. Pilling 921; Sabin 17417.