Voyage de la Vega autour de l'Asie et de l'Europe accompagné d'un résumé des voyages précédemment effectués le long des côtes septentrionales de l'ancien continent. Ouvrage traduit du suédois [...].

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1883-1885

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2 vol., large 8vo (few spots throughout).

Contemp. half shagreen, marbled paper boards, spines with raised bands (spines sl. rubbed, corners sl. bumped).

French translation by Rabot and Lallemand of this interesting travel account. Ill. with 3 steel-engr. portraits, 12 folding maps and numerous in-text woodcuts (of which many full-page) depicting local people, fauna and flora etc.
Ref. BnF.
Prov. Gifted to Juliette van Havre (ms. entry).