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Lot 230: PETTERSSON, CARL ANTON. 1818-1863. Lappland, dess Natur och Folk. Stockholm: C.E. Fritzes (Eklund & Giron), [1864-66].

Est: $800 USD - $1,200 USD
BonhamsNew York, NY, USOctober 18, 2011

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Lappland, dess Natur och Folk. Stockholm: C.E. Fritzes (Eklund & Giron), [1864-66].
11 parts in 9. Oblong folio (330 x 457 mm). 21 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates (most mounted on card, 2 printed on card) plus one folding map; text illustrations. Original brown wrappers; publisher's cloth portfolio pictorially stamped in gilt. Light foxing, wrappers separating, portfolio sunned and worn.

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS. Pettersson traveled through Lapland in 1850-52. The color views after Abraham Lundquist are lovely and include native villages and costume, reindeer, and dramatic scenery.

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Auction Details

The Robert H. and Donna L. Jackson Collection Part I: 19th Century Literature

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Bonhams
October 18, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US