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Second edition (first 1823) of this account of the Scandinavian travels undertaken by Brooke (1791-1858) in 1820, illustrated with attractive lithographs, several after drawings by the author.'A person ... will find in the North much to gratify his curiosity, and interest his feelings. If his eye be tired of the charming repetition of scenery in the southern parts of Sweden ... he will find ample variety amid the Norwegian mountains, where nothing is wanting to combine the romantic with the beautiful. If he pursue his course along the wild rocks of the western main ... he will view with mingled admiration and astonishment those giant features of creation, around the heads of which ... the whirlwind of the North howls in concert with the roaring billows below. Should he turn his steps to the boundless forests and wastes of Lapland ... he will in every direction meet with scenery worthy of his pencil, and subjects that cannot fail to arrest his contemplation' (pp. vi-vii).Upon graduating from… Read More

London, Rodwell and Martin, 1823, 4° (cm. 27 x 21) bella legatura posteriore in piena pelle marrone, dorso a quattro (pseudo-)nervi con titoli in oro e decorazioni dorate e impresse a secco, cornice impressa a secco ai piatti, bordi decorati a secco e in oro, doppia cornice in oro finemente lavorata ai contropiatti, risguardi in carta francese, pp. XVI-(2)-433 con 22 tavole litografiche fuori testo (compresa l'antiporta) di cui due colorate a mano e 11 vignette incise. Contiene un'ampia documentazione sulla Lapponia e i Lapponi. Qualche lieve gora marginale, peraltro ottimo esemplare. Piccoli timbri della John Crear Library al verso delle tavole; timbro anche al piede del frontespizio: “Withdrawn from Cretar Library”. Edizione originale.

London: J. Rodwell, 1823-27. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated. Two expansive illustrated travel works on Scandinavia and Lapland by Arthur de Capell Brooke, containing the author's bookplate to 'A Winter in Lapland'. Two unique copies of these expansive travel works about Scandinavia and Lapland, likely undated pre-publication copies.Both written by Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke, a nineteenth-century English baronet and avid traveller. A Winter in Lapland contains the author's bookplate to the front pastedown, and his cancelled signature to the front free-endpaper.Travels Through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark, to The North Cape was published by J. Rodwell in 1823. It was written with the goal of introducing British travellers to the northern regions of Europe, and describes a journey from London to Stockholm, then onto the Christiania, Drontheim, Overgaard, the North Cape, and more. Including twenty-two engraved plates, two of which are in colour, and eleven in-text vignettes. Collated and… Read More

John Murray, London, 1826. First Edition. Marbled boards Quarter bound leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 1st Edition Association Copy, SIGNED BY AUTHOR: WINTER SKETCHES IN LAPLAND Or Illustrations of a journey from Alten on the shores of the Polar Sea in 69 degrees 55 minutes North Lat. through Norwegian, Russian and Swedish Lapland to Tornea at the extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia. Intended to exhibit a complete view of the mode of travelling with Rein Deer, the most striking incidents that occurred during the journey, and the general character of the winter scenery of Lapland. 2nd Title page in French. "With Capt Brookes comps" written is his own hand on title page and a SIGNED letter from Arthur de Capell Brooke to Barry tipped onto verso of front cover. Bookplate of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry, Marbury Hall tipped onto verso front cover. A set of 24 tinted lithographs, believed to be printed on China paper. The sketches are by Brooke drawn on stone by… Read More