Johan Brelin (6 results)

(22), 144, (5) s. Förlagets illustrerade pappband. Faksimilupplaga.

Condition: good. Lisboa; Instituto Ibero-Americano Gotemburgo Suécia - Casa Portuguesa; In-8º de 140(4) páginas; BrochadoObra com tradução do original sueco por Carlos Pericão de Almeida. Introdução e comentário de Nils Hedberg.Exemplar com ligeiras manchas nas capas de brochura, miolo em bom estado de conservação. Lisbon; Ibero-American Institute Gothenburg Sweden - Casa Portuguesa; In-8th of 140 (4) pages; BroochWork with translation of the original Swedish by Carlos Pericão de Almeida. Introduction and commentary by Nils Hedberg.Copy with slight stains on the brochure covers, core in good condition.

Pp. (xii), 144, (6). Contemporary paper covered boards, later rebacked with calf spine lettered in gilt, rubbed. Old ownership inscription. [M.G. Wallenstråle (1733-1807), Swedish bishop of Gothenburg]. Book label. First edition of an adventurous voyage in the service of the Swedish East India Company to the East Indies and China in the 1750s. The expedition sailed via Cadiz and Java and arrived in Chinese waters in August 1755. The ship stayed at Canton for a few months and Brelin vividly describes the people who lived there. The return journey went via Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension Island. On the Ascension Islands, Brelin went ashore to fish for turtles and was accidentally left behind. His account from the ten-week stay on the Islands describes many different kinds of fish. Borba de Moraes p. 124. Holmberg pp. 43?44. Löwendahl 492.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Por. Tradução do original sueco por Carlos Pericão de Almeida. Introdução e comentário de Nils Hedberg. Instituto Ibero-Americano Gotemburgo Suécia. «Casa Portuguesa». Lisboa. 1955. De 22x14 cm. Com 140, [iii] págs. Brochado. Exemplar com danos de manuseamento e miolo parcialmente solto. Language: Português / Portuguese Location/localizacao: I-90-F-32.

Uppsala, Kongl. acad. tryckeriet, 1758. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands. Ex-libris (Nils Personne) pasted on to verso of front board. Wear to extremities, boards with scratches and leather on spine cracked. Internally with light marginal miscolouring but generally nice and clean. (12), 144, (5) pp. Uncommon first edition of Belin?s vivid and at times very humorous account of his rather rambunctious travels to Canton. Johan Brelin (1734-82) embarked on a voyage to China in January 1755 aboard the ship Sophia Albertina, commanded by Captain Carl Gustav Lehman. The return trip from China was filled with challenges. Brelin became disoriented, suffered a foot injury, and was stranded on the uninhabited island of Ascension west of Africa, where he feared facing an extremely difficult death. Fortunately, he was rescued by a French ship just in time. Despite facing further hardships, including being briefly suspected of espionage in Portugal and enduring poverty during a winter in Amsterdam, Brelin eventually managed to return to Sweden in April 1757. Upon his arrival in Stockholm, he discovered that he had been presumed dead and that his family still mourned him, yet his written account of the journey reflects a positive and somewhat happy-go-lucy attitude. This travel-account was published in facsimile in 1973.

Condition: Good. Uppsala, Kongl. acad. tryckeriet, 1758. 8:o. (12),144,(5) pp. Reproductions of Chinese characters on pp. 48-49. Sewn as issued in contemporary stiff blue paste paper wrappers with somewhat later handwritten label. Spine worn, joints heavily worn and with superficial cracks. Foxing in parts, mainly in the margins and more so on the dedication leaves. Erased ink signature and pencilled date "8 sept 1842" on front pastedown. Johan Brelin (1734-82) departed for China in January 1755 with the Swedish East India Company's ship Sophia Albertina, under the command of Captain Carl Gustav Lehman. The return trip from China became long and complicated. Brelin got lost, broke his ankle and was left astern on the Island of Ascension in the Indian Ocean. He feared "a death which with good reason can be called the hardest", but was saved in the last minute by a French ship. With a broken mast they sailed to Brazil and then to Portugal, where Brelin for a short while was suspected of espionage. Penniless, he spent a winter in Amsterdam before returning to Sweden in April 1757. In Stockholm Brelin found that he "already had been wept for as deceased" and that his family still wore mourning for his sake. His adventurous account is characterized by a cheerful temperament and an open disposition. A facsimile edition was published in 1973.