[JUVENILE]

Petit tableau des arts et métiers, ou notions sur les principaux travaux des hommes; ouvrage instructif et amusant, à l'usage de la jeunesse de l'un et l'autre sexe. Troisième édition, ornée de nouvelles gravures. Paris, chez Pierre Blanchard, 1825.

. 12mo. Pp. 238. With coloured engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates of various arts and crafts. Contemporary calf, flat spine decorated in gilt and with red title label, Extremities lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers and edges. Old bookseller label on front paste down. Old handwritten note dated 1832 pasted in. Some leaves with staining, mainly in margin. Third edition of a charming work dealing with different professions, written for a young audience.

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Book number: 121463

Catalogue: Old and Rare Books

Keywords: Old and Rare Books, children, juvenile, art, crafts, professions, occupations, illustrated, french, france,

ADELBORG, OTTILIA (Ill.) [CHILDREN'S ALMANAC]

Almanacka 1890. Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1889.

. 16mo. Pp (16). Original colour decorated boards. With the unusual dust jacket, some minor browning and small insignificant paper loss at lower edge. Ottilia Adelborg (1855-1936) was a Swedish artist and children's book illustrator. A charming calendar in exceptionally good condition.

Charlotte Du Rietz Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 121353

Catalogue: Old and Rare Books

Keywords: Old and Rare Books, children, barn, almenacka, almanac, calendar, juvenile, illustrated,

DAAE, ANDERS:

[COLOUR BLINDNESS] Farveblindhed of opdagelse af farveblinde med tabel. (Colour Blindness and Detection of Colour Blindness). Kragerö, Bundis Bogtrykkeri, 1877.

. Three leaves of text in Norwegian and one table with 70 yarn samples in different shades mounted on a die-cut board sheet. Stapled, loose in binding. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, hand-written title label on upper cover. Inscription by the author on title page (to Professor J.W. Müller). Text is browned. Short essay on colour blindness by Andreas Daae, a Norwegian doctor and criminologist. Daae conducted a survey among Norwegian schoolchildren using a plate with different yarn samples similar to the one included in this work.

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Book number: 121562

Catalogue: Old and Rare Books

Keywords: Old and Rare Books, colour blindness, norwegian, färgblindhet

[LAPLAND] HERMELIN, SAMUEL GUSTAF:

Försök till mineral historia öfver Lappmarken och Vesterbotten. Stockholm, Carl Delén, 1804.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 70. Text in Swedish. With two maps (one large folding engraved map, partly coloured) and one engraved folding plate. Modern half cloth, title label on upper cover. Old ink inscription two leaves. Some light staining.First edition. An account of the mineral history of Swedish Lapland and West Bothnia. The first detailed account of the location and orographic conditions of these areas, based on Hermelin's own and others' travels. Hermelin collected large amounts of mineral samples on his journeys. Marklund 2383.

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Book number: 121519

Catalogue: Old and Rare Books

Keywords: Old and Rare Books, sweden, sverige, lappland, same, lapland, travel, exploration, mineralogy, geology, science, iron ore, ore