Acrelius´s famous work on New Sweden 1759
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FAMOUS WORK ON "NEW SWEDEN". ACRELIUS, ISRAEL. Beskrifning om de Swenska Församlingars forna och närwarande Tilstånd, uti det så kallade Nya Swerige, sedan Nya Nederland, men nu för tiden Pensylvanien, samt nästliggande orter wid Alfwen de la Ware, Wäst Yersey och New-Castle County uti Norra America. Stockholm (Harberg & Hesselberg) 1759.
Small 4to (200x160 mm.). (20), (1)-170, 172-173, 175-194, 193-447, 449, 479-533, (1) pp. (pagination irregular).
20th century full brown calf binding, spine in six compartments and gilt title, slightly faded spine, some slight spots, speckled edges. Bookplate of Arvid Wallgren. Text with some slight foxing, a few pages with stains to margins.
First edition.
Howes A34. Larson 3. An English translation appeared in 1876. The work describes the life and manners as well as the religious life in the Swedish settlement.
Acrelius (1714-1805) Swedish Lutheran missionary and priest, and a brother to the famous surgeon Olof af Acrel. He moved to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1749 and returned to Sweden for health reasons in 1756.
"This important work is hardly less scarce than that of Campanius especially when in good condition, it has, besides, the merit of being much more extensive and of reproducing a large number of documents, partly unpublished. The author stayed a long time in America as Provost to the Swedish Congregations, and in his leisure hours he collected the materials for this history" (Frederik Muller).
Provenance: Arvid Wallgren (1889-1973), physician, professor in pediatrics at Karolinska Institutet, medical advisor to WHO (1953-63).
Auktionsnummer:
6380
Datum:
2017-11-21