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The First Edition in Swedish of Irving's Tales of a Traveller

[IRVING, WASHINGTON].

En Resandes Berättelser. Af Washington Irving.

Place and Imprint: Stockholm: Zacharias Haggström, 1829.
Edition: First edition of the first Swedish translation.
Bibliographical References: Langfeld & Blackburn, page 71; OCLC records three copies in the US (Harvard, Kansas and NYPL) and three in Sweden.
Condition: Wrappers slightly worn; fine copy, enclosed in a quarter morocco clamshell box.
Book ID: 15381

Physical Description

2 vols, 8vo, original printed blue-gray wrappers, untrimmed.

Comments

The first edition in Swedish, translated by Lars Arnell, of Washington's Irving's Tales of a Traveller, his continuation of the short stories that began with The Sketch Book. Contemporary ink signature on each front wrapper.

Price: $500.00