77/895 Ant arctica Archive mainly concerning the Dutch expedition to the North Pole of 1882 1883
Comprises i.a. the following interesting items:
"Noordpoollied, of de waarachtige geschiedenis der kloekheid en onversaagdheid van Nederlanders in de IJszeeën". No date (±1883), pen and ink, 1 fold. leaf, (3)p.
= A festive song apparently written for H.J. Kremer, nicknamed "Oude Beer" or "alle bear" (accord. to a note on the first page), who was the doctor of the 1882-83 expedition.
Holm, Th. Recherches anatomiques et morphologiques sur deux monocotylédones submergées. Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1885, 1st ed., 24p., 4 lithogr. plates, orig. wr.
- Partly dampstained, title-p. yellowed. Frontwr. loosening.
= With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION signed "de l'auteur" to "Monsieur Dr. Ekama" on verso frontwr.
Idem. Novaia-Zemlia's Vegetation, saerligt dens Phanerogamer. Copenhagen, Bianco Lunos, 1885, 71p., 12 lithogr. plates, orig. wr.
- Damp/ waterstained almost throughout. Spine broken; frontwr. foxed.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "le professeur M. Snellen" on frontwr.
Weypregt, C. Praktische Anleitung zur Beobachtung der Polarlichter und der magnetischen Erscheinungen in hohen Breiten. Vienna, M. Perles, 1881, 48p., orig. wr.
- Contents loose and trifle dampstained/ yellowed along margins.
= With SIGNED "Mit Gruß!" on tilte-p. and w. owner's entry of "MAURITS SNELLEN" on frontwr. With loosely inserted AUTOGRAPH LEAF w. TRANSCRIPT (possibly by M. SNELLEN) of "Schema voor de Poollicht waarnemingen" (with annot. "Overgenomen uit Weyprecht" in lower margin). With another copy of the same work also w. owner's entry of "Maurits Snellen".
"Vad. H.C. Nielsens Begravelse Karqa havet den 18 Mai 1883". Bifolium, (3)p., lithogr. and manuscript text on p.(1), manuscript burial service text in pen and ink on p.(2-3).
= Nothing could be traced on H.C. Nielsen.
Koolemans Beynen, L.R. De reis der Pandora naar de Noordpoolgewesten in den zomer van 1875/ 1876. Amst., C.F. Stemler, 1880, 4 parts in 1 vol., 16 (fold.) maps/ plates/ tables, orig. cl, .4to.
- A few maps/ plates sm split on fold(s). Backcover dampstained.
= Also includes 2 parts on the expedition with the Willem Barents to and in "de IJszee, in den Zomer van 1878/ 1879."
Koolemans Beynen, L.R. De reis der Pandora naar de Noordpoolgewesten in den zomer van 1875. Amst., C.F. Stemler, 1876, 1st ed., (8),96p.,1 col. lithogr. map, orig. wr.
- Backwr. sl. creased. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVI.