(ARCTIC) David Crantz The History of Greenland

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(ARCTIC.) David Crantz. The History of Greenland. 2 folding maps, 7 folding plates. [4], lix, 405; [2], 497, [1] pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, crudely rebacked at an early date with portion of original backstrips laid down; early catalog description on front pastedown, closed tear to leaf 2:C3, generally minimal wear to contents; edges tinted red; inked stamps removed from front pastedowns and page 3 of each volume. London, 1767

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First edition in English. Includes an early account of the whale fishery. "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.