Björnståhl´s Travels in Europe and Turkey
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BJÖRNSTÅHL, JOHAN JACOB. (4). 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. (2), (1)-22, (10), (3), 4-548, (2), (10), (1)-6, (6), (1), 4-251, (3), (22), (1), 4-284, (2), (26), (1)-348, (2), (20), (1)-293, (3), (8), (1)-76, (1)-54, (2, last page blank) p. Engraved frontispiece portrait J. Gillberg after J. T. Sergel, 1 engraved plate (in vol. VI), half-titles missing as usual.
Contemporary brown mottled half calf, slightly worn, gilt spines, yellow edges. Part IV partly close cut in upper margin. Title to part IV foxed and mended in inner margin, otherwise som minor foxing and staining.. 4 volumes.
Löwendahl: China ilustrata nove, 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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Auktionsnummer:
627085
Datum:
2019-04-30