Lot 3151: SKOGMAN, CARL. 1820-1907.

Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden aren 1851-1853…. Stockholm: Adolf Bonnier, [1854-1855]. 2 volumes. With 18 chromolithograph plates, 3 folding duotone lithographed maps, 2 duotone lithograph plates, 6 full-page plates plus text illustrations. 8vo (226 x 144 mm). Recent quarter calf and marbled boards. Browning, 2 folding maps foxed, intermittent corner dampstain and occasional spotting, finely bound.

First edition of Lieutenant Skogman’s official account of the circumnavigation of the Eugenie, the first Swedish circumnavigation. “Much sought after because of its fine color plates” (Hill p 573).