Author: KJELLMAN, FRANS REINHOLD: Title: Svenska polar-expeditionen år 1872-1873 under ledning af A.E. Nordenskiöld. Stockholm 1875.
Description: . Pp. (iv), 352 pp. With one large folding map (small tear), one coloured plate and two folding lithographed panoramas, and further more illustrations in the text. Last quire loosening. Some light waterstaining to the last part of the book. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed. With dedication by the author (to John och Maria Gullbrandsson) written on a piece of paper pasted in on front paste down. First edition. A narrative of the Swedish Spitsbergen expedition in 1872-73 by the expedition's botanist. It was headed by A.E. Nordenskiöld and was the first wintering in Svalbard by a scientific expedition. Hulth 34. Liljequist, High Latitudes, pp. 75-92.
Keywords: Europe, arctic, polar, travel, exploration, swedish spitsbergen,
Price: EUR 280.00 = appr. US$ 304.32 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 99872
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