Histoire Naturelle Des Indes: the Drake Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library - 1st Edition/1st Printing
first edition Cloth
1996 · New York, London
by Kraemer, Ruth S. (translator)
New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0393039943 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; This book is a translation of the seventeenth century work, Histoire Naturelle des Indes, by the Dutch scientist and explorer, Willem Janszoon Drake. The manuscript is housed at the Pierpont Morgan Library and is a valuable source of information on the natural history of the Indies.; 4to; 272 pages; Price? ? ? . (Inventory #: 55866)