Scandinavian Adventures, 2 Volumes
by Lloyd, L. (Liewellyn)(1792-1876)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Book. Illus. by Tinted Map, 6 Tinted Lithographs, 67 Wood Engravings Vol One; 6 More Lithographs & 35 Woodcuts in Vol Two. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled, "During a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, Pepresenting Sporting Incidents, and Subjects of Natural History, and Devices for Entrapping Wild Animals". Contemporary green calf with gilt lines along the board borders, raised bands on the spines with elaborately decorated panels in gilt and maroon title labels, red volume labels with gilt still bright. This is a fine, signed binding by Bickers & Son. Marbled page edges and matching marbled endpapers. Pages xxi, 512 and xi, 527. This is a very complete account of trapping and hunting in the area north of Goteborg around Bohus. Inside, very clean and tight with slight foxing on the back of some plates, and on the preliminary pages after the endpapers. A beautiful set on nature in Scandinavia. Abbey Travel 252, Schwerdt I, page 319..
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006952
- Title
- Scandinavian Adventures, 2 Volumes
- Author
- Lloyd, L. (Liewellyn)(1792-1876)
- Illustrator
- Tinted Map, 6 Tinted Lithographs, 67 Wood Engravings Vol One; 6 More Lithographs & 35 Woodcuts in Vol Two
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Big Game Hunting, Sweden, Scandinavia, Norway, Leather Bound, L.Lloyd
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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