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BJÖRNSTAHL, Jacob Jonas (1731-79). Resa til Frankrike, Italien, Sweitz, Tyskand, Holland, England, Turkiet, och Grekeland. Edited by Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (1731-1811). Stockholm: Nordström, 1780-83. 6 volumes in 4. [Bound with:] ESPLING, Olof (1751-1821). Minne öfver Jacob Jonas Björnstähl. Stockholm: Nordström, 1785. 8° (193 x 122mm), engraved frontispiece portrait of Björnstahl by J.T. Sergel (vol. I without endleaf, spotted, occasional browning). Contemporary half calf (a little worn at extremities). Provenance: inscription on title; Carl-Bertel Nathhorst. Björnstahl, in his role as tutor, began his grand tour in 1767. He died at Saloniki while undertaking an assignment from Gustaf III. Espling's work was issued free to subscribers of Resa.
WALLENBERG, Jacob (1746-1778). Min son pä galejan, eller en ostendisk resa. Stockholm: Holmberg, 1781. [Bound with:] Strödda anmärkningar under en utländsk resa. Stockholm: Holmberg, 1781. 2 volumes in one, 8° (167 x 98mm). (2 marginal tears, spotted with heavier browning in vol.II). 19th-century marbled boards. Provenance: August Lidströmer (inscribed on pastedown); Carl-Bertel Nathhorst (bookplate). In 1769 Wallenberg became ship's captain for the Swedish East India Company and between then and 1775 he made three voyages with them to China. This is his most popular work.
WALLENBERG, Jacob (1746-1778). Min son pä galejan, eller en ostendisk resa. Stockholm: Holmberg, 1781. [Bound with:] Strödda anmärkningar under en utländsk resa. Stockholm: Holmberg, 1781. 2 volumes in one, 8° (167 x 98mm). (2 marginal tears, spotted with heavier browning in vol.II). 19th-century marbled boards. Provenance: August Lidströmer (inscribed on pastedown); Carl-Bertel Nathhorst (bookplate). In 1769 Wallenberg became ship's captain for the Swedish East India Company and between then and 1775 he made three voyages with them to China. This is his most popular work.
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