La Peyrere, Isaac de, Relation du Groenland.
Paris: Chez Augustin Courbe, 1647, first edition, 12mo, [xiv], 1-278, [4] pp., folding map and folding plate, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed and scuffed, small hand-stamp on title-page, else a very good copy. The plate illustrates native inhabitants of Greenland, costume, kayaks, and the Narwhal This work includes accounts of the Norse in America, whaling, the search for a Northwest passage, including Jens Munk’s voyage of 1619-20. European Americana 647/93; JCB (3) II:357; Sabin 38970; Field 857                                                          $ 4500.00
 

 

        
 

 
       
 

   

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