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Cooks second and third travels Swedish editions

Cooks second and third travels Swedish editions
Cooks second and third travels Swedish editions
Cooks second and third travels Swedish editions
Cooks second and third travels Swedish editions

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1100 SEK

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1 500-2 000 SEK

Beskrivning

COOK, JAMES (2). Sammandrag af capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775. omkring södra polen förättade resa, hwarwid herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade, innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäckter i Söderhafwet, rörande södra polens ishaf... Uppsala (J. Edman) 1783.
8:o. (24), (1)-366 (några blad omkastade vid inbindningen), (10) pp. Some minor spotting.
+ COOK, JAMES. Sammandrag af capitain Jacob Cooks tredje resa, i Söderhafwet och emot norra polen. Med charta öfwer de af cap. Cook uptäckte och namngifne orter. Ifrån engelskan. Uppsala (J. Edman) 1787.
8:o. (14), 1)-238, (3), 242-434, (3), 438-618, (14) pp. Folding engraved map (minor spotting). Text with minor foxing, 1 page with some notes and minor inkstain, about 30 leaves in the beginning with the lower margin with small tears or traces of a dog bite.

Contemporary half leather bindings, partly worn, second work damaged on upper cover (probably a dog bite), richly gilt spine in compartments and white title label, both volumes damaged at top and at label, red edges, lacking endpapers. Titles with owner's monogram stamp CTB. Signature of Nils Fremling, dated 1807 and Peter Dahl, 1820, on inside of cover, erased paper label with owner's signature. 2 volumes.

Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.

Auktionsnummer:

6079

Datum:

2015-06-16