- First work first 3 plates upper or lower margins renewed (?); lvs. sl. browned; first few lvs. sl. loosening and w. repair and waterstain in upper blank margins; second work lvs. browned. Binding (sl.) worn along extremities, outer corners showing.
= Ad 1 Nissen ZBI 2706; Jenkins p. 124f; Ingalls (on the plates) 137; Chavanne a.o. 2786; Holland, p.68 and 553: "German Whaling expedition from Hamburg; April 15-August 21. In his narrative of this voyage, Martens presents a rare published account of an Arctic whaling voyage in the mid-17th century, as well as observations on the natural history of Spitsbergen (...) also contains many general observations on Spitsbergen: its zoology (particularly birds) and botany; descriptions of the whales, walruses, and fishes of Spitsbergen waters; and the manner of whaling at that time" (p.68); Henze III, p.380f: "Dieses kleine Buch öffnete den Spitzbergen-Bereich einer frühen, der Zeit weit vorausgehenden wissenschaftlichen Betrachtung: es steht mithin einzigartig in der Polarliteratur. Als Quelle für die Naturkenntnis jenes Bereichs blieb es unübertroffen bis zum Erscheinen der Berichte Will. Scoresbys (...)". Ad 2. Chavanne a.o. 5620; Bibliographica Groenlandica IX, p.161, no.7; Nissen, ZBI 22023. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.