Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM. Kleine Schriften. Ein Beytrag zur Völker- und Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte und Philosophie des Lebens. 20 engraved plates; 2 folding maps of Canada. [12], 464; [8], 380; [6], 362; [8], 407, [1]; [8], 435, [5]; [8], 418 pages, including ad leaf and final blank in Volume 5. 6 volumes. 8vo, 160x97 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep gilt, spines rubbed, most chipped at top, the last missing portions of leather; varying toning and offsetting of text with scattered foxing and rust spots, repaired clean tear in lower outer corner of B1 in Volume 2, engraved matter clean. Leipzig: Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1789; Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung, 1794-97

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first collected edition of the writings of a naturalist and ethnographer who accompanied Cook's second voyage. The contents include articles on Cook, Australia, Tahiti, the Pacific Northwest, and Hawaii. Forbes 165.