david crantz (22 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2014, digitally printed version of 1820 edition. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", vi, 323 pages, frontispiece. Soft covers, lightly stamped damaged on reverse of title page however no damage of any significance found; small crease at lower corner of upper corner otherwise generally a near fine copy despite the stamp, which seems merely to indicate that it was not suitable for sale as new.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original binding is heavily worn and stained, paper label on spine is mostly gone and there's a large section missing at the bottom boards are starting to split at the hinges. The boards also have a very faint warp to them. The exterior is rough, but there are no major hinge issues with the interior text pages, which are all still secure. There is quite a bit of toning and foxing throughout and the pages have a bit of ripple to them, along with a couple small stains, such as on the lower edge frontispiece. The only handwriting found in the book is the name of the original owner and the date 1821 written at the top of the title page. PLEASE NOTE: this is volume II ONLY of the two-volume set.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In 1759, David Crantz (or Cranz) was sent to Greenland for a year by the Moravian Church. Writing in German, Crantz (1723-77) published in 1765 his detailed observations on the country, its people and their way of life, including a history of the Moravian mission there. This English translation appeared in two volumes in 1820, prepared by staff at the Fulneck School in West Yorkshire, where a Moravian community existed. The text is illustrated with several engravings that depict landscapes as well as kayaks, weapons and tools used by the Greenlanders, providing a valuable visual record of eighteenth-century life among the native population. Volume 2 contains an account of Moravian missionary activity in Greenland since 1733, tracing how the Moravians managed to brave the conditions while spreading the Gospel among the people. An appendix looks at the Moravian settlement established on the coast of Labrador.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In 1759, David Crantz (or Cranz) was sent to Greenland for a year by the Moravian Church. Writing in German, Crantz (1723-77) published in 1765 his detailed observations on the country, its people and their way of life, including a history of the Moravian mission there. This English translation appeared in two volumes in 1820, prepared by staff at the Fulneck School in West Yorkshire, where a Moravian community existed. The text is illustrated with several engravings that depict landscapes as well as kayaks, weapons and tools used by the Greenlanders, providing a valuable visual record of eighteenth-century life among the native population. Volume 1 is primarily concerned with the geography of Greenland, the local weather patterns, and flora and fauna, as well as the attitudes, traditions, social habits and hierarchies of the people of Greenland.

First edition in English of Crantz's elaborate account of the history of Greenland. first published in German in 1765. Octavo, two volumes bound in full period-style full speckled calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, illustrated with two folding maps and seven copperplate engravings. Arctic Bibliography 3471. Sabin 17417. Ricks 72. In near fine condition. An excellent, very handsomely bound set. David Crantz's The History of Greenland contains elaborate descriptions of the native people, geography, birds, mammals, fish, ice and weather conditions, and the history of the German Moravian mission established there in 1733. "In speaking of this work, Samuel Johnson declared that very few books had ever affected him so deeply, and that the man who did not relish the first part was no philosopher and he who did not enjoy the second part, no Christian" (Cox II:18). There is a section devoted to whaling, consisting of a description of the Greenland black whale and an account of its habits, the Jupiter whales, the humpback whale, the knotted whale, whales of Bermuda, the cachelot and its store of spermaceti, the white whale and the whaling industry in general.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 2 volumes. Vol. 1: lix, 405 pp.; Vol. 2: 491 [1]. With Titlepage (x 2), Advertisement, Preface and Table of Contents; 2 folding engraved maps (in vol. 1) and 7 folding copper plate engravings (5 in vol. 1; 2 in vol. 2). Book plate of previous owner on top pastedowns; browning on margins of first and last pages of both volumes; otherwise an internally very clean and crisp copy. Red speckled edges; contemporary dark tan calf; very slight wear on boards; spine divided in six compartments by five raised bands; gilt decoration and red morocco label with gilt title on spine. Fine copy. The book contains a detailed and thorough history of Greenland including information on its natural history and its mores and customs. Amongst other topics, it describes whaling, sealing, fishing, health and medicine. This is one of the most important works on the history of the missionary experience of the Moravian Brethren in Greenland. This 2-volume set contains the first edition in English of this work that was originally published in Dutch in 1765 and is here translated by Gambold. Arctic Bibl. 3471; Chavanne 5633; Field 383; Sabin 17417; Cox II, p.19.

Zustand: Good. Original boards, with some wear/rubbing, although quite light given the age of the book. Slight splitting to leather on hinges but boards are solidly attached. Content has light toning. Toning to page ends.Prev owners name & detailsto endpaper. 497pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1767. Exploration, North America. Brethren's Society. Worn leather boards, front end sheet is missing from vol. 1 405p. (plate 3 is complete, plates 4 and 5 are only half of sheet) Vol. 2 497p. Some plates are damaged (only half present, others have the faces scratched/damaged). Please inquire for a fuller description.nai 1/26 xmas wrapped.

2 volumes. The Brethren's Society, London 1767. 8vo. LIX+405 + 497+(1) pages. 2 folding maps + 7 engraved folding plates with views and costumes. Modern pastiche full brown calf bindings. Spines in six compartments with gilt and blindtooled decoration preserving original red title labels. Small tear to flyleaf facing titlepage. Small closed tear (2,5cm) to page33/34 i vol. II. * First English edition of this detailed account on the Greenland mission by the German Herrnhuth Brethren Society, following the establishment of a Danish-Norvegian settlement and mission in 1721. Even today, German names are quite common among the Greenlandic political establishment.

and particularly, A Relations of the Mission, carried on for above these Thirty Years by the Unitas Fratrum, at New Herrnhuth and Lichtenfels, in that Country.First English edition. 2 vols. 2 folding maps & 7 folding plates (most with 2 images). 8vo. Fine contemporary polished calf, joints repaired. [iv], lx (2 leaves misbound after title), 405; [ii], 498pp. London, Crantz provided much information on Greenland's flora and fauna, but gave particular emphasis to the Inuit in his account of Greenland. The plates show "Greenlanders" going about their daily lives: with illustrations of "Kaiak", "Umiak" (women's boat), harpoons, and a tent, amongst other items. It is interesting to note that Crantz was the first writer to record kayak rolling, of which he gives ten examples, a vital survival skill for the Inuit hunter.