Author: LIND AF HAGEBY, AXEL REINHOLD FERDINAND LUDVIG:
Title: Minnen från ett tre-årigt vistande i Engelsk Örlogstjenst 1857-59. 2 parts in 1 volume. Stockholm, A. Bonnier, 1860.
Description: . Large 8vo. Pp. (xii), 214, (ii), 215 - 468 (2). With one engraved front portrait, 26 plates and 4 folding plans and maps. The attractive plates consist of 10 coloured steelengravings after original Hindu drawings and 16 tinted lithographs depicting military subjects and Hindu ceremonies. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed. Bookplate. First edition. A narrative of travels in Asia by a Swedish naval officer serving the British naval service for three years (1857-59). Some places visited were the Cap, Singapore, Hong Kong, Calcutta and Ceylon.

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