Björnståhl´s Travels in Europe and Turkey
| Klubbat belopp | 4 000 SEK |
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| Utropspris | 5 000 SEK |
BJÖRNSTÅHL, JOHAN JACOB. (5). Resa til Frankrike, Italien, Sweitz, Tyskland, Holland, Ängland, Turkiet, och Grekland. Utg. C. Chr. Gjörwell. I-VI. Stockholm (And. Jac. Nordström) 1780-84. + ESPLING, OLOF. Minne öfver Jacob Jonas Björnståhl. Stockholm (And. Jac. Nordström) 1785.
8:o. Engraved frontispiece portrait J. Gillberg after J. T. Sergel (minor foxing), 1 engraved plate (in vol. VI), half-titles missing as usual (present in vol. I and III). .
Contemporary brown half calf, somewhat worn, sparsely gilt slightly faded spines, 2 with small damages at head. Minor foxing or spotting. Old signatures on first endpaper. 5 volumes.
Collation: (2), (1)-22, (18), (1)-548, (2), (8), (1)-6, (6), (1), 4-251, (8), (22), (1)-284, (2), (24), (1)-348, (2), (22), (1)-293, (1 blank), (8), (1)-76, (1)-53, (3, last page blank), (1)-54, (2, last page blank) pp.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, 1677.
First edition of the Swedish orientalist Björnståhl´s posthumously published narrative of his travels, based on his letters to Gjörwell (editor of the book) and others. Also published in German, Dutch, and Italian.
Some remarks concerning China in vol. I.
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