Copenhagen: J.D. Qvist, 1832. First edition. 4to. Illustrated with a large engraved folding map and eight hand-colored engraved plates. Contemporary half calf; some minor browning and soiling. Provenance: Hindrup? (signature); Steve Fossett Sale, 15 March 2019, lot 98. Arctic Bibliography 6032; Sabin 28178

Rare 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.