(WHALING) Reste Bernard de Histoire des Pêches des Découvert

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(WHALING.) Reste, Bernard de. Histoire des Pêches, des Découvertes et des Établissemens des Hollandois dans les Mers du Nord. 6 folding maps, 22 plates (most folding). 3 volumes. 8vo, later 1/2 calf, covers detached, needs rebinding; some preliminaries loose; presentation plates of New York military historian J. Watts de Peyster on verso of title pages. Paris, 1791 and [1801]

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A history of the Dutch North Sea fisheries, with material on Greenland and Canada. Sabin 70100 (lists 1801 edition only; "I have seen mention of an edition, Paris, 1791").