The Natural History Of Hartz Forest In His Majesty King George S German Dominions Being A Succinct

by Georg Henning Behrens

$2,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

8 p.l., 164, 12 pp. 8vo, 19th-cent. red pebbled morocco minor foxing , a.e.g. London: W. Pearson for T. Osborne, 1730. First edition in English of Behrens’ Hercynia Curiosa 1703 . “Very scarce. A personal narrative of an excursion through northern Germany. The book is interesting for its account of the geology and fossils of the region, and also the author took a special interest in the mineral wealth of the region. Therefore, this work is

• Binding: Leather

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