JONG, DIDRIK | De Walvischvangst, Met Veele Byzonderheden Daartoe Betrekkelyk. Amsterdam: Petrus Conradi, 1784

JONG, DIDRIK

De Walvischvangst, Met Veele Byzonderheden Daartoe Betrekkelyk. Amsterdam: Petrus Conradi, 1784

4 volumes, 4to (8 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.; 215 x 268 mm). 6 folding engraved maps, 15 engraved plates, 5 of which folding; lacking original wrappers. Modern full brown calf, spines with raised bands in 7 compartments, second and fourth gilt lettered, others with repeat device in gilt, marbled endpapers. 

First edition of this history of Dutch whaling