Consett A Tour through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland
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Beskrivning
CONSETT, MATTHEW. A Tour through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark. In a Series of Letters,... London (J. Johnson) 1789.
4to (c. 255x200 mm.). (18, incl. half title), (1)-157 pp. 1 woodcut plate (of the Lapland sledge), 7 engraved plates T. Bewick - R. Bellby (all). Bookplate of Nathaniel George Clayton.
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Consett was the first Englishman to visit the north part of Lapland. The text was ghosted by a young clergyman, John Brewster of Stockton, on the basis of desultory notes taken by Consett and two friends during their unprepared and sudden outing to Sweden.
Plates of Torneå, reindeer, orre, "käder", snöripa, and Lapland women amongst others.
One of the very few publications that Thomas Bewick illustrated with copper engravings.
Konditionsrapport
Title with signature, 1 repaired small tear to margin, plates with slight foxing, text with some foxing. Text partly discloured by plates (offsetting).
Auktionsnummer:
630059
Datum:
2019-04-05