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[Sohm, Peter]

Beskrifning om den stora illumination wid fröjdebetygelserne öfwer den lyckliga återwunna freden, som i Stockholm anställdes den 19 dec. 1814. Jemte ett bihang, som innehåller beskrifningen om illuminationen d. 20 febr. samma år i anledningen af freden i Kiel.

Stockholm, tryckt hos direct. och Kongl. fält-boktryckaren P. Sohm, 1815. 8vo. vi + 76 pp. Recent red cloth. After training and practising in three printing offices in Stockholm, Sohm came to St. Petersburg in 1782 and was in charge of two large printing houses there as overseer. During the Swedish-Russian war he was taken prisoner and deported by the Russians. Not until 1801 could he return to his work. All his property had been confiscated by then. In 1805 he took over a printing office in Stockholm, and in the same year he was appointed Army printer, the first and last holder of that post in Sweden.

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