Verlag. 'sgravenhage, by de Compagnie, 1786. Folio. (Viii)+Xxvi+216 pp. With engr. frontisp. 2 fold. maps, 3 fold. profiles, 41 plates (depicting corals and sea-plants), 6 tables (incl. 5 fold.). Hardcover. Contemp. half calf with gilt spine. (Binding sl. rubbed/dam. top of spine & corners sl. dam. first free endpaper missing, owner's name (1916) on half-title contents fine). Vg. First Dutch translation of the first treatise on oceanography " Histoire physique de la mer", published in Amsterdam. 1725. Preface by the Leiden scientist Herman Boerhaave (in Latin and Dutch). - Bibl. Natura Artis Magistra, 1390 Nissen, Zbi, 2700.