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Lot 74

[GREENLAND]. [VAHL, M.; AMDRUP, G. C.; BOBE, L.; JENSEN, Ad...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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[GREENLAND]. [VAHL, M.; AMDRUP, G. C.; BOBE, L.; JENSEN, Ad. S., editors]. Greenland. Published by the Commission for the Direction of the Geological and Geographical Investigations in Greenland. Copenhagen C. A. Reitzel [and] London: Humphrey Milford, 1828-29. 4tos. Profusely illustrated; volume III with fold-out color map. 3 volumes. 575; 415; 468 pp. All bound in publisher's printed wrappers (toned, edgeworn, soiled, some chipping, creasing at spines, some occasional toning, foxing in text, several pages unopened). Very good. Each volume with the bookplate of Amos Perry on the inner front wrapper. FIRST EDITION, ENGLISH ISSUE OF THIS IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF GREENLAND. Volume I: ?The Discovery of Greenland, Exploration and Nature of the Country;" volume II: ?The Past and Present Population of Greenland;" volume III: ?The Colonization of Greenland and Its History Until 1929". Arctic Bibliography 6138.