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Gedda. General hydrographisk Chart-book öfwer Östersiön, och Katte-gatt. [1694-95]

Auction Closed

July 28, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property of the Late Gunnar Skoog


GEDDA, PETTER AND WERNER VON ROSENFELDT


General hydrographisk Chart-book öfwer Östersiön, och Katte-gatt. Amsterdam, [1694-1695]


Large folio (531 x 308mm.), 'to the reader' leaf in Swedish, 11 double-page engraved charts, one additional double-page engraved chart by Carl Eldberg "Een ny forbättrat general passcharta öfwer Norr siön", recent brown morocco by Gustaf Hedberg, Stockholm (with his stamp), gilt monogram to upper cover, gilt dentelles, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled slipcase,  new endpapers, title and all maps backed with thin paper, minor occasional loss, repairs or spotting, most partially shaved to neatline, slipcase rubbed


RARE. REGARDED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT CARTOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATION OF THE BALTIC SEA AND THE KATTEGAT.