4 volumes, [10] folded leaves of plates in various foliations illustrations 17 cm (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
Africa
Asia
Europe
Japan
Java (Indonesia)
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Date:
1788
1793
Notes:
Collation of the set: del 1 (1788): [26], 389, [1] pages, 2 folded plates; del 2 (1789): [32], 384 paes, 4 folded plates; del 3 (1791): [14], 286, 289-389, 401-414 pages; del 4 (1793): [36], 285, 288-341, [1] pages, 4 folded plates
Del 4 has variant publisher's statement: Tryckt hos direct. Joh. Ednans [that is, Edmans] enka
Errors in paging
Half-titles, engraved title page and dedication, pictorial head- and tailpieces, initials
Includes indexes
Some plates signed by the engraver, J.N. Ahl
Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium (1872-1877 edition), 9259
Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), 14.357
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SCNHRB copy (del 1, 39088015291354; del 2, 39088015291115; del 3, 39088015278872; del 439088015290919) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment
SCNHRB copy is from the Bengt-Olof Landin Collection, sold by Crafoord Auction House, Lund, Sweden, catalog item number 660
SCNHRB copy has a contemporary spattered brown paperboard binding with gilt-tooled brown paper spine label and red sprinkled edges; there are some old ms. pencil and ink brief annotations and markings on the endpapers and in the margins
Contents:
Första delen, innehållande resan til södra Europa och Goda Hoppets Udde i Africa, åren 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773 -- Andra delen, innehållande tvånne långa resor inåt södra Africa's Hörn, och sedan til ön Java, åren 1773, 1774, 1775 -- Tredje delen, innehållande resan til och uti Kejsaredömet Japan, åren 1775 och 1776 -- Fjerde delen, innehållande resan uti Kejsaredömet Japan, på Java och Ceilon samt hemresan
