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Thunberg, Carl Peter

Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, förrättad åren 1770–1779. 1–4.

Upsala, Joh. Edman (vols. 1–3) & Joh. Edmans Enka (vol. 4), 1788–93. 8vo. xxvi + 390; + xxxii + 384; + xiv + 286 + 289–389 + 400–414; + xxxvi + 285 + 288–342 pp. + 10 engraved plates (one folding). One mounted vignette depicting Table Mountain at the Cape of Good Hope. Pagination irregular. Contemporary half calf, label on spines (two labels defective), folding plate with traces from old sellotape repairs of tears, ownership inscription of Gustaf Johansson Ulfsparre on half-titles. First edition of one of the most important early narratives on South Africa, Japan, Java, and Ceylon. Cordier, BJ, col. 445. Cordier, BI, 2, col. 1384. Pritzel 9259.

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