Author: HÜLPHERS, A.A.
Title: Dagbok, öfwer en resa igenom de, under Stora Kopparbergs Höfdingedöme lydande lähn och Dalarne år 1757. Af Abr. Abrah:son Hülphers
Description: Wästeras, Tryckt hos Joh. Laur. H. Horrn [)(2 recto states 'Imprimatur N. von Oelreich'], 1763. 8vo. W. heraldic woodc. emblem on printed title, 1 engr. fold. map w. outline col. [Meas. appr. 21 x 27 cm; 'Geographica Charta öfwer Provincen Dalarne ... Sammandragen är 1762. I Koppar Stucken af Eric Borg.'] & 2 woodc. textills. [on pp. 223 & 310]. Contemp. hlf. clf., over speckled marbled brds., spine in 6 compartments, elaborate floral gilttooling, w. light orange - brown title shield, giltlettered. (Spine ends lightly rubb; edges and corners some rubb.). [)(8, A-Z8, Aa-Ss8]. (XVI, 656 [642 -656 index) pp.). (Text some light browning.). (All edges nice 'wave pattern' marbling in blue; p. 411 contemp. manuscript additions 1765 - 1768). Bring, 180: Variant title impression? dated 1763 (instead of 1762), in Bring marked with an "?". Preface signed by Pehr Wargentin, secretary of the Royal Academy of Science, dated December 2, 1761.: Warmholtz, Bibl. Historica Sveo-Gothica vol. I item 273: Abraham Hülphers [1734 - 1798] wrote many travel accounts. He was a versatile man, occupying himself with (the composing) of music, travel, topography, genealogy.

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