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London, T. Gillet, 1802. Large 4:o. Engraved portrait,XXIV,396 pp. & 7 engraved plates & 1 folded engraved map. + VIII,134,137-380 pp. & 8 engraved plates, 5 of which are coloured by hand. Second volume with engraved music on pp. 325-36. Two volumes in contemporary english polished calf, somewhat worn, with raised bands, gilt spines, black title and red volume labels in leather. Sprinkled edges. Front joint starting and minor crack in rear joint on volume I. Occasional foxing in margins of some plates. Some toned mirror printing from the plates on opposite text leaves. Bookplate of T. Thornhills and signature and bookplate of Gunnar Brusewitz. From the library of Henning Mankell.Bring Itineraria svecana 309. Schiötz Utlendingers reiser i Norge 3a*. Borgström Finlands jaktlitteratur 1. Cancelled leaf S4 , pp. 135-136, lacking as usual in the second volume. First edition, first printing, according to Rolf Du Rietz' article "Acerbis 'Travels'" in "Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen" 1965. Translated into German, Dutch, French and Italian at an early stage. The italian jurist Giuseppe Acerbi (1773-1846) travelled to the North Cape in 1798-99, in the company of the swedish colonel and artist A. F. Skjöldebrand, among others. The journey went from Gothenburg via Stockholm, Grisslehamn, Åland, Åbo, Vasa, Uleåborg, Kemi, Torneå, Kengis, Kautokeino, among other places, before the travelling party arrived at the North Cape. Much space is devoted to the Sami people, their culture and their circumstances. Finnish hunting practices are also described by Acerbi. The book contains music to two scandinavian folk dances, so-called "hallingar", "Music of the bear dance at Kengis" och "The laplander's cry at Kautokeino". Gunnar Brusewitz has treated the work in his article "Riksmuseet genom tiderna [the Swedish Natural Science Museum through the ages]", with respect to Acerbi's critical portraits of some of the members of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, in particular von Carlson and Sparrman. The latter is said to have no more in common with the famous Cook than the fact that they both happened to be on the same ship for a while. Seller Inventory # 41252B
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