Plate Books / Views & Topography

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Stockholm förr och nu.

First edition Stockholm 1837-1840 4:o. Lithographed title + 121 pp + (1 p) + 48 lithographed plates. Some plates are not signed.

Contemporary half calf. Gilt tooled spine, green edges. Some wear to the binding. A few spots. Small tear to the plate of Hebe and a 6 cm long tear to the plate of Travfenfelt (not affecting the image).

A book about Stockholm, its history and its famous people. Issued in 12 parts 1837-1840. The plates were printed by Holm and the text by A. G. Hellsten in Stockholm. Most of the plates are lithographed by Hårdh, one by Blombergsson (Barnängen). Nice copy. Scarce.

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