Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Auction Closed
July 28, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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.