1707 1st ed Schouten Voyages Dutch East Indies
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Wouter Schoute, also known as Gauter Schouten, was a 17th-century Dutch surgeon best known for his medical voyage to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. While his career focused solely on surgery, his book ‘Voyages’ became an important account of the natural science in 17th-century Indonesia. This work includes 10 illustrations of animals encountered on the voyage including walruses, elephants, rhinos, ‘sea horse’ (cheval marin) or hippopotamus, caiman crocodile, and mongoose.
Item number: #12849
Price: $750
SCHOUTEN, Gautier
Voiage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes orientales, commercé l'an 1658 et fini l'an 1665;
Amsterdam, Estrenne Roger, 1707. First French edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages; volume II
[2], 515, [1]
10 engraved plates
References: Bartlett Catalogue of Books, 100
Language: French
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Size: ~6.25in x 4in (16cm x 10cm)
Very rare and desirable
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Wouter Schoute, also known as Gauter Schouten, was a 17th-century Dutch surgeon best known for his medical voyage to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. While his career focused solely on surgery, his book ‘Voyages’ became an important account of the natural science in 17th-century Indonesia. This work includes 10 illustrations of animals encountered on the voyage including walruses, elephants, rhinos, ‘sea horse’ (cheval marin) or hippopotamus, caiman crocodile, and mongoose.
Item number: #12849
Price: $750
SCHOUTEN, Gautier
Voiage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes orientales, commercé l'an 1658 et fini l'an 1665;
Amsterdam, Estrenne Roger, 1707. First French edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages; volume II
[2], 515, [1]
10 engraved plates
References: Bartlett Catalogue of Books, 100
Language: French
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Size: ~6.25in x 4in (16cm x 10cm)
Very rare and desirable
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
12849
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