Lithografiska skizzer fran fregatten Norrkopings expedition till Amerika och Westindien 1861-1862 med text af Johan Govenius. forfattere till novellerna: minnen fran skolan och akademien, ofversten och Hans Dolter samt: Fregatten Norrkopings expedition 1861-1862

Govenius, Johan

Published by Typografiska Foreningens, Stockholm, 1863

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First edition, oblong quarto, pp. 40; tinted lithograph frontispiece and title-p., 11 lithographic plates, 3 tinted, original blue cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, gilt on purple leather-backed spine, joints and hinges cracked, spine rubbed, pages slightly browned; good or better. Swedish novelist Johan Oskar Laurentius Govenius' account of his voyage to the United States and West Indies. The Negro in the West Indies was of special interest to Govenius and is the subject of several plates. Govenius stayed in Boston with Swedish Americans; he enjoyed the Boston theatre and described its actresses. Bookseller Inventory # 12209

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Title: Lithografiska skizzer fran fregatten ...

Publisher: Typografiska Foreningens, Stockholm

Publication Date: 1863

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition