Wallander J W (2 results)
More imagesSvenska Folket vid Elfvom På Berg och i Dalom; Les Suédois, Moeurs et Coutumes. Tableaux et Legendes. Die Schweden, Ihre Trachten, Beschäftungen und Volksthümliche Gebräuche in Bild und Wort. The Swedish People, Their Customs and Manners in Pictures and Legends
Wallander, J. W. [Josef Wilhelm], artist. Text by Onkel Adam
Published by Albert Bonnier. Lithography: Em Baerentzen & Co, Stockholm
- Hardcover
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 500.00
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Unusually bright, handsome copy of this work of Swedish genre art, with each painting telling a story that epitomizes an aspect of Swedish life and culture at the time. Folio, 38.5 by 26 cm. 17 double paged chromolithographic color plates, with long descriptions of each provided on two folding sheets… following the particular plate. The descriptions are in given in Swedish, French, German and English, with a large fold-out page containing three columns given over to a description in one of the languages. Subjects include timber-floating, offerings in a country church, hay-making, a wedding dance, flax-dressing, bear hunting, home weaving, grindstone making, young militia men, a servant's fair, etc. Wallander (1821-1888) was also known for portrait and historical paintings. He spent a substantial part of his career as a member of the Swedish art colony based in the German city, Düsseldorf, but he did end in career back in Stockholm. Light wear to the binding.
More imagesSvenska folket sådant det ännu lefver wid elfwom, på berg och i dalom. Första serien. 12 taflor.
Wallander, J.W. (ill) - [Wetterbergh, C.A] pseud. Onkel Adam
Published by Stockholm, Albert Bonnier [1864] 1864
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, , SwedenRönnells Antikvariat AB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 221.59
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38,5x50 cm. Ttitelblad + 12 litograferade planscher i färg, med 4 s. text till varje plansch. Förlagets illustrerade klotryggsband. Pärmen nött i ytterkanter, ryggen lite nött och skadad. invändigt i gott skick. Pärmtiteln anger tjugofyra taflor, i själva verket utkom 17 planscher sammanlagt, de fem sista planscherna har bara et…t textblad tillsammans. Text in Swedish, German, French and English.
