Search Results: the whale book by adriaen coenen

Reaktion Books, Limited, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Reaktion Books, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Very Good.

Great Britain: Reaktion Books, 2003. Book. Good. Hardcover. Gift inscription else interior is very clean. Light finger smudges to lower corners. Dust jacket has very light edgewear..

[London:] Reaktion Books, 2003. . Oblong 4to, 20.8x27.5cm. Pp. xvi,208, 114 full-page coloured reproductions, double-page half-tone reproduction of Wagenaer map (1584) of the western coastal area of the Netherlands. Orig. boards in pictorial laminated dust-jacket. Fine (new copy). - In the late 16th century, Dutch beachcomber Adriaen Coenen scanned the shores of Holland for interesting marine material. He produced several illustrated manuscripts of his findings, covering everything from the common herring to the exotic moonfish, as well as a few mythical creatures described to him by sailors. Coenen"s work is a rare visual and textual source for the natural world of his day, and contains the earliest known European pictures of whales, naively portrayed but easily identifiable. His lively watercolors are reproduced with their accompanying texts, which are translated here and augmented ashort introduction by the editors..

London : Reaktion, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Physical description; xv, 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm. Subjects; Whales ; Early works to 1800. Marine animals ; Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Dutch. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch. Zoology. Science-History. Netherlands.