Very rare first and only Dutch edition of Kotzebue's account of his first major expedition in search of a northwest passage
KOTZEBUE, Otto von (Pieter Gerardus WITSEN GEYSBEEK, translator).
Ontdekkingsreis in de Zuid-zee en naar de Bering-straat in de jaren 1815, 1816, 1817 en 1818, onder het bevel van Otto von Kotzebue, luitenant der Russisch-keizerlijke marine.
Amsterdam, Johannes van der Hey, 1822. 3 volumes. 8vo. Volume 1 with an engraved title page, a hand-coloured engraved plate and an engraved folding map; volume 2 with an engraved title page, 3 hand-coloured engraved portraits, 2 engraved folding plates and 4 engraved folding maps, including one large map; volume 3 with an engraved title page, an engraved folding map, and an engraved folding plate showing skulls. Half brown calf and brown decorated paper sides, with gold- and blind-tooled spines. VIII, 428, [2 blank], [1], [1 blank]; IV, 413, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank]; VIII, 492, [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
Amsterdam, Johannes van der Hey, 1822. 3 volumes. 8vo. Volume 1 with an engraved title page, a hand-coloured engraved plate and an engraved folding map; volume 2 with an engraved title page, 3 hand-coloured engraved portraits, 2 engraved folding plates and 4 engraved folding maps, including one large map; volume 3 with an engraved title page, an engraved folding map, and an engraved folding plate showing skulls. Half brown calf and brown decorated paper sides, with gold- and blind-tooled spines. VIII, 428, [2 blank], [1], [1 blank]; IV, 413, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank]; VIII, 492, [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description
