Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468

Sale 2468 - Lot 209

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BEHRENS, GEORG HENNING. The Natural History of Hartz-Forest, in his Majesty King George's German Dominions. [16], 164, [12] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, 181x114 mm, later 19th-century red morocco gilt, spine darkened; scattered mostly light marginal foxing. London: W. Pearson for T. Osborne, 1730

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first edition in english of the author's 1703 Hercynia Curiosa, oder Curiöser Hartz-Wald, on the geology, mineralogy, speleology, and mines of the Harz mountain region. Schuh, Behrens 2 ("very scarce").