Kalm´s Beschreibung der Reise... Amerika... 1754-5

KALM, PETER. Beschreibung der Reise die er nach dem nördlichen Amerika ... unternommen hat. I-II (m.u.). Göttingen (im Verlage der Wittwe Abrams Vandenhoek) 1754-57.

8:o. (20, lacks half-title), (3), 4-568, (2, lacks half-title), (3), 4-592 pp. 7 partly folding engraved plates (all, 5 dampstained).
Contemporary brown full leather, worn and spotted, cracks in the joints, faded spine in six compartments, damages at head, marbled edges. Partly dampstained.
Some old library stamps.

Missing vol. III
Part of the series "Sammlung neuer und merkwürdiger Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande" as vol. IX-X.

Provenance: From the library of Ove Hassler (1904-87), Dean in Linköping, Sweden, and his son, Eivind Hassler (1939-2009).

See text, lacks vol. III