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GRAAH, Wilhelm August (1793-1863). Undersøgelses-reise til øst-kysten af Grønland…1828-1831. Copenhagen: J. D. Qvist, 1832.

4to. With large engraved folding map & 8 hand-colored engraved plates. (Some minor browning or soiling.) Contemporary half calf. Provenance: Hindrup? (signature).FIRST EDITION of the account of the Royal Danish expedition to the east coast of Greenland in 1828, printed from its Commander's diary. The fine hand-colored plates depict Eskimo umiaks and kayaks, their implements and summer dwellings, and ruins of Norse settlements. Arctic Bibliography 6032; Sabin 28178. RARE.

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