Description
- Notes:
- Par le sieur de La Martiniere.
- The last chapter refers to Greenland.
- Two states noted: one has engraved portrait of the author on p. [16], 1st count and lacks "Fin." at foot of p. 201; the other lacks portrait and has "Fin." at foot of p. 201.
- Signatures: pi⁸ (pi8 verso blank) A-M⁸
- Additional, engraved pictorial title page with ship in front of fleur de lys backdrop reads: Voyage des pais septentrionavx par le S.D.L.M. with imprint: A Paris : Chez Louis Vandosme proche monsiegr. le premier president.
- Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
- Includes many engravings of native peoples and animals of the Arctic regions throughout the text.
Citation
"Voyage des pais septentrionaux:
Dans lequel se void [sic] les moeurs, maniere de vivre, & superstitions des Norweguiens, Lappons, Kiloppes, Borandiens, Syberiens, Samojedes, Zembliens, & Islandois, enrichi de plusieurs figures
"
(1671).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:731365/
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