#O37
1795
First Swedish Edition. Octavo. , 222 + [2] pp. Handsome period-style brown gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards. A very good copy.
Very Rare as no copy in Worldcat. "Paul Erdmann Isert (1756-January 21, 1789) was a German botanist. Isert was born in Angermünde/Brandenburg, but educated in Denmark. He was the first scientist to identify the Violet Turaco, Musophaga violacea. He is also known for his attempts to end the Danish-Norwegian slave trade.
He was appointed Chief Surgeon to Christiansborg (Osu, Accra) in Danish Guinea, arriving there in 1783. He obtained this position even though he was very young, because it was a job no one wanted. At the time the average life expectancy of European expats to the area was only a few months.
After a few years in Christiansborg, Isert signed on as a physician aboard a slave ship. En route from Danish Guinea, on the second day at sea, he witnessed a slave rebellion on the open sea, which almost cost him his life. The cargo of 452 blacks rose against the whites, with a resulting loss of 34 of their number and 2 of the crew wounded after a heated battle. In the West Indies, he visited Saint Croix, Saint. Thomas, Saint John, Guadeloupe and Martinique"(Wikipedia). Sabin 35243 (Kopenhagen Edition).
