Taking Whales by Use of the Gun Harpoon. A collection of 10 articles, published from 1778 to 1800, with detailed individual accounts of whales killed. With plates and woodcuts. From the Society for The Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
London: Society for The Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 1778-1800. First Edition. Disbound. 100 pages, 3 plates. All disbound. This collection contains; 1: A short account of the Invention of the Gun Harpoon, which has been introduced into the Greenland Fishery; the Utility of which will be manifested by..... More