Descriptiones animalium, quae in itinere ad maris Australis terras suscepto, collegit descripsit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster Regiae Socius Regia Societatis Scientiarum apud Londinens
by Forster, Johann Reinhold
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Book. Fine. Blue Cloth. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. The complete scanned manuscript of Johann Reinhold Forster's Descriptiones Animalium, completed within a month of returning to England with Captain Cook's second expedition. The work was eventually edited by Hinrich Lichtenstein and published in 1844. The original manuscript held in Berlin was scanned and bound by a private collector into three large folio volumes..
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- Tinakori Books (NZ)
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- Title
- Descriptiones animalium, quae in itinere ad maris Australis terras suscepto, collegit descripsit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster Regiae Socius Regia Societatis Scientiarum apud Londinens
- Author
- Forster, Johann Reinhold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23&qu
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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