Utopian work by Nyrén with map, Stockholm 1789
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UTOPIAN FICTION WITH MAP. (VON SCHNEBELIN, JOHANN ANDREAS - NYRÉN, CARL (translator and editor). Mappa geographica scelestinae, eller Stora Skälms-Landets geographiska beskrifning. Stockholm (Johan Georg Lange) 1786 (but 1789).
8vo (188x110 mm). (14), 15-56, (1)-336, 335-37 pp. Title with woodcut vignette. 1 large folding engraved map Land-Charta öfver Stora Skälms-landet med nästgränsande orter författad af et luftseglande sällskap 1785, engraved by Johann Laurentz Caton 1788 (some folds split with old repairs to verso, small tear to left part and short tear to left margin.
Blue modern cloth over original boards, binding slightly worn, spine blank. Title with some slight soiling to margins, some spotting. Signature on inside of cover, together with the bookplate of the library of Skottorp.
Rare.
Early Swedish fantasy / utopian fiction. In Nyrén´s story, he travels to the Schlarraffenland with the new technology of that time (the Montgolfier Brothers made their first flights in 1783), the hot air balloon, in which he leaves Sweden from Södertörn, south of Stockholm, travels across the Baltics, Russia, Central Asia and eventually reaches the Pacific, where he enters the parallel fantasy world.
This Swedish translation and updating is based on von Schnebelin´s famous work "Schlarraffenland" (Nürnberg 1694). The map was made by Johann Laurentz Caton dated 1788, size 485x560 mm, based on maps by Schenk and Homann.
Compare Lundwall: Illustrerad bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1741-1973 (Stockholm 1974), sid 226-227, Göran Bäärnhielm, article in Biblis 42.
Provenance:Skottorp Castle (Skottorps slott), situated in the province of Halland, southern Sweden. In 1813 the castle was bought by Peter von Möller, who together with his son Adolf Peter Möller, were the founders of the library.
Auktionsnummer:
6248
Datum:
2017-06-20