HALLAND.

Topografiska och statistiska uppgirfter om Halmstads län. Sthlm 1847.

. Pp. (ii), 80. Uncut copy in original decorated wrappers.

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Book number: 19108

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HAMMAR, O.:

Bref om Österrike. 3 parts in 1 vol. Christianstad 1810-12.

. Cont. boards. Swedish translation about the war in 1809 Germany and Austria.

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Book number: 19006

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HAMONIéRE, G.:

Grammaire russe divisée en quatre parties, dont la première traite de la prononciation; la seconde, des différentes espèces de mots; la troisième, de la syntaxe; et la quatrième, de l'orthographe, de la ponctuation, de la prosodie et de la versification; avec un appendice contenant des remarques sur la langue slavonne, &c. &c. Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1817.

. Pp. viii, 404, (ii). With one folding engraved plate "Modèled ecriture russe" (one small tear repaired ). Partly browned. Entirely uncut in boards. With inscription to Dr. Carlo Gambillo by Jean Betzky, dated 1885. First edition. The appendix treats the Slavonic language. Cat. Russica i, 141.

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Book number: 99301

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HENAUX, FERD.:

Histoire de la commune de Spa et de ses eaux minérales. Nouvelle édition. Liege, J. Desoer, 1860.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. 136. With 2 lithographic plates. Body, Bibliographie Spadoise p. 100: "reprodisant les gravyres originales de livre de Gilbert Lymbork". Half cloth on marbled boards, title-label on spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. Includes a bibliography.

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Book number: 24032

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HOLBACH, MAUDE M.:

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Some Wayside Wanderings. London & New York 1910.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 249, (3). With frontespiece, one map and 47 lovely full page illustrations made from photographs. Unopened copy. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A few pages with some spots, otherwise a fine copy.

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HOLST, WILHELM / HEGER, HANS CHRISTIAN (Transl.):

Det lille universum eller jordens og dens beboeres markvaerdigheder. Et billedvaerk i intressante staalstik med fortlarende text. (A small universe - a pictorial work). Kjobenhavn, B. Schlesinger'ske Bogtrykkeri, 1842.

. Oblong 8vo. Size: 12 x 16 cm. (iv), 156. With 72 steel engraved plates. Original half calf, spine decorated in gilt, initials H.H.P.R. in gilt on upper cover. Binding rubbed, front hinge cracking. A charming illustrated work translated into Danish from German. Some places described are Athens, Pirano, Neapel, Neuberg, Dresden, Weissen, Predil, Graz, Como, Nazareth, and Triest.

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Book number: 40029

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HOYLAND, JOHN:

A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies; Designed to Develope (sic) the Origin of this Singular People, and to Promote the Amelioration of their Condition. York, Hargrove, Gawthorp & Cobb, 1816.

. Pp. 266, (2). Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, somewhat rubbed, small repair to head of spine. Bookplate. First few leaves with minor foxing. First edition. Printed for the author who was a lapsed Quaker said to have fallen from grace when he fell in love with a gypsy girl. This work based on a study made on gypsies living in Northampton, Bedford and Hertford, is one of the first works to consider the relationship between state governments and gypsies. The author was especially interested in the problem of educating gypsy children. Some of the historical information is based on Grellman's work. Black, Gypsy, 2086. Goldsmith 21379. Kress B6713.

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[DRIFT-WOOD]. INGVARSON, FREDRIK:

Om drifveden i Norra Ishafvet. Stockholm 1903.

. Large 4to. pp. 84. With 7 figures. Original printed wrappers. A paper about drift-wood found in the Arctic Ocean mainly based on collection of drift-wood found during Nathorst's polarexpedtions and the Vega expedition. (Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademins Handlingar, Band 37, no. 1.)

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Book number: 100307

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S:T JOHN ( ST JOHN), F.:

Rambles in Germany, France, Italy and Russia, in search of Sport. London 1853.

. VII, 244 pp. With 4 coloured plates with hunting scenes. Cont. cloth, worn, loose in binding. A nice copy. Westwood-Satchell p.185.

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Book number: 162

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TOWNSEND JOSEPH:

Resa genom Spanien åren 1786 och 1787, med tilläggningar utur Herr Bourgoings resa genom samma rike. Sammandrag af Samuel Ödmann. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1794.

. Pp. (viii), 408. Partly with some maginal staining. Small repair to upper part of right corner of half title. Later (19th century) half cloth on marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, corners worn, small tear to spine. Bookplates. A Swedish abridged edition of Townsends' narrative about Spain translated from the German edition published at Leipzig in 1792. Valuable account of Spanish customs, literature, theater, character, etc., based on Jean Francois Bourgoing's work on Spain (1789). Cf Cox i, p. 160.

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Book number: 32091

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TOWNSEND JOSEPH:

Resa genom Spanien åren 1786 och 1787, med tilläggningar utur Herr Bourgoings resa genom samma rike. Sammandrag af Samuel Ödmann. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1794.

. Pp. (viii), 408. Contemporary half calf, spine with five rasied bands and title label, slightly rubbed. Copy of Ericsberg. A Swedish abridged edition of Townsends' narrative about Spain translated from the German edition published at Leipzig in 1792. Valuable account of Spanish customs, literature, theatre, character, etc., based on Jean Francois Bourgoing's work on Spain (1789). Cf Cox i, p. 160.

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Book number: 99779

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JOSEPH, ARCHDUKE KARL LUDWIG:

Zigeunergrammatik. Budapest 1902.

. Pp. (viii), 160, (1). Later half cloth, rubbed. Originally published in Hungarian in 1888. Translated by Dr Anton Herrman. Black, A Gypsy Bibl. (1971), 2240. BOUND WITH: GIORGJEVIC (GJORGJEVIC), TIHOMIR: Die Zigeuner in Serbien. Ethnologische Forschungen. Paart one. Budapest 1903. Pp. viii, 80. First edition. Black 1655.

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Book number: 31067

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KERGUELEN TRÉMAREC, YVES-JOSEPH DE:

Relation d'un voyage dans la mer du Nord, aux côtes d'Islande, du Groenland, de Ferro, de Schettland, des Orcades & de Norwége; fait en 1767 & 1768. Paris, Prault, 1771.

. 4to. Pp. (vii), (2), 220. As often the leaf with avis and list of plates is missing. With 18 engraved maps and plates, many folding. Title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette. Some marginal staining to the last two leaves. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red title label, boards with gilt frame, rubbed and upper part of hinges with small splits, marbled egdes and matching endpapers. A handsome copy of the first edition. An account by the French naval officer Kerguelen Trémarec of a voyage in the North Sea visiting the coasts of Iceland, Geenland and Norway. The purpose of the expedition was to "give protection and encouragement to the cod fishermen on the coast of Iceland, and to preserve order among the French fishermen" (Cox). Cox ii, 21. Sabin 37616. Schiötz 527a.Provenance: Schröder Johan Henrik (1791-1852), renowned Swedish archaeologist and historian. Later belonged to Ericsberg castle, Sweden.

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Book number: 100420

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KERNELL, PER ULRIK / STENHAMMAR, CHR. (Editor):

Anteckningar under en resa i det sydliga Europa. Utur hans bref och efterlemnade dagbok. Linköping, Axel Petre, 1825.

. Pp. (x), 280 (2). Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, chipped. Old signature on title. Posthumously published letters and diary notes written during an early Swedish journey to southern Europe. Places visited are Gibraltar, Marseille, Nizza, Genua, Rome, Munich, Augsburg, Nürnberg, etc. First edition.

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Book number: 22033

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KJELLMAN, FRANS REINHOLD:

Svenska polar-expeditionen år 1872-1873 under ledning af A.E. Nordenskiöld. Stockholm 1875.

. 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.

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Book number: 99872

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Keywords: Europe, arctic, polar, travel, exploration, swedish spitsbergen,