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SPARRMAN, Voyage au cap de Bonne-Espérance, 1787
SPARRMAN, Anders.
Voyage au cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres.
Paris, Buisson, 1787.
Three volumes 8vo (199x123 mm), xxxii-389-(1) pages and 3 folding plates / (4)-366-(1) pages and 7 folding plates / (4)-366-(5) pages and 6 folding plates. (folding map is missing). binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spines in six compartments. Binding rubbed. Foxings.
First french 8vo edition.
A student of Linnaeus, Sparrman (1748-1820) stayed in Cape Town and studied the flora and especially the fauna of the region. From Cape Town, he took part in James Cook's second voyage as a botanist's assistant and was thus one of two disciples of Linnaeus to have circumnavigated the world.
Price : 150 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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