Lot 73
Polar.- Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland: containing observations on...Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs..., first Dublin edition, Dublin, G.Perrin, 1780.
Hammer Price: £420
Description
Polar.- Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland: containing observations on...Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs..., made, during a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks...Dr.Solander..., first Dublin edition, half-title, engraved plate and folding map, c1 & c2 (preliminaries) misbound after contents, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, a few scuffs, lower corners bumped, 8vo, 1780.
⁂ By the First Chaplain to the King of Sweden and first published in Stockholm, in German, in 1777. Having accompanied Capt. Cook on his first voyage Banks and Solander were planning to travel with him again on his second voyage but it could not accommodate the large party of scientists demanded by Banks so he went to Iceland instead. This is the first major work in English on Iceland and includes a plate of the eponymous geyser.
Description
Polar.- Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland: containing observations on...Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs..., made, during a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks...Dr.Solander..., first Dublin edition, half-title, engraved plate and folding map, c1 & c2 (preliminaries) misbound after contents, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, a few scuffs, lower corners bumped, 8vo, 1780.
⁂ By the First Chaplain to the King of Sweden and first published in Stockholm, in German, in 1777. Having accompanied Capt. Cook on his first voyage Banks and Solander were planning to travel with him again on his second voyage but it could not accommodate the large party of scientists demanded by Banks so he went to Iceland instead. This is the first major work in English on Iceland and includes a plate of the eponymous geyser.
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