Natuurlyke historie van de koraal-gewassen, en andere degelyke zee-lighamen, die men gemeenelyk vind op de kusten van Groot-Brittanien en Ierland: benevens eene beschryving van een grooten zee-polyp in den zomer van 't jaar 1753. by den Noord-Pool door de walvis-vangers gevonden.

4to: front.-xvi-116 pp.; 38 pl.

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, gilt sides, a.e.g. (corners rubbed and sl. bumped, front joint split, lower joint starting to split). Wide-margined copy.

First and only Dutch edition translated by Jan Tak from the English by the British linen merchant and naturalist J. Ellis (1710-1776). Ill. with a front. and 39 engr. pl. of which 5 folding (not present in the original English ed.) by H. Roberts, James Kirk of J. Mynde showing corals, chickweed, sea plants and Cuff's microscope. Title in red & black.
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 1281 (English ed.). - Landwehr (Dutch coloured plates) 57. - STCN.