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THE PRESENTATION COPY TO KING GUSTAV ADOLPH, FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF BENGT BERNSTRÖM AND LORD WARDINGTON
HERMELIN, F. G. S. (1744 - 1820)
"Geographiske Chartor öfver Swerige med hans maje. Koning Gustav Adolphs allernådigste tilstånd utgifne af S.G. Hermelin. Andra afdelingen. Storfurstendömet Finland"
Atlas, large oblong folio, 62,5x70cm Contemporary red morocco gilt, broad Greek key borders gilt on spines, crowned monogram of Gustav IV Adolph in centre, all corners with three crowns gilt, also spine gilt in compartments Title vignette of Wermasvuori engraved by J.F. Martin and 6 engraved outline coloured map sheets by Fr. Akrel after C.P. Hällström. STOCKHOLM 1799
A MAGNIFICENT ROYAL DEDICATION COPY OF A RARE ATLAS OF FINLAND.
The maps were intended to form part of a larger work designed to cover all of the Swedish territories, but the project failed. The most impressive red binding is probably by Johan Henrik Hessler who was a master bookbinder in Stockholm 1771 - 1805.
Provenance: The Swedish book collector Bengt Bernström 1970's, Lord Wardington.
#748

A FINE COMPLETE SET OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE LITHOGRAPHED WORK ON SCANDINAVIA, SPITSBERGEN, RUSSIA AND THE BALTIC COUNTRIES.
GAIMARD, PAUL
"Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord , en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitsberg et aux Feröe pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la corvette La Recherche...M. Paul Gaimard"
3 oblong folio volumes, 35x54cm + 1 large folio volume, 50x34cm + The 26 text volumes "Livraisons" in 8vo. The plates are bound out of order according to the printed indexes. The 26 text volumes "Livraisons" in 8vo. The three oblong volumes uniformly bound in contemporary calf, spines richly gilt and with titles (light rubbing to the bindings). The fourt 311 lithographed plates (one plate of Tromsöe not called for in the index) + 139 plates in lithographs and a few aquatints, some of those partly or fully coloured. PARIS c. 1842 - 1856
3 oblong folio volumes, 35x54cm "Atlas historique et pittoresque" with 311 lithographed plates (one plate of Tromsöe not called for in the index) and 1 large folio volume, 50x34cm containing "Atlas de physique, de gèologique, de zoologie" with 139 plates in lithographs and a few aquatints, some of those partly or fully coloured. The plates are bound out of order according to the printed indexes. The 26 text volumes "Livraisons" in 8vo.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF ERICKSBERG'S CASTLE, SWEDEN.
This French expedition to the north has later been called "The Gaimard Expedition" named after its leader Paul J. Gaimard who was a doctor. Another name on the expedition is "La Recherche Expedition". La Recherche was the headquarter ship for the expedition participants. For further description of the expedition we will recommend the two books published in 2002 by Knutsen and Posti and Schiøtz I and II, see below.
AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF PLATES. There are large topographical views, maps, tables, animal plates and fishes, geological illustrations and other scientific material. The text volumes describe and explain many of the illustrations. A huge number of people was involved in the project. The topographical parts were mostly based on drawings made on the spot by Auguste Mayer, Charles Giraud, Barthelemy Lauvergne and F. Biard.
The first three volumes contain the general topographical views and cover from south: Hamburg, Denmark, Faero Islands, Norway with 98 views from Christiania to the North Cape, Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and Beeren Island 27 plates, Sweden, Finland, Russia with Moscow, Poland and the Baltic countries. THE COMPLETE SET OF 450 PLATES. SOME OF THE NATURAL HISTORY PLATES FINELY COLOURED BY HAND. ACCOMPANIED WITH ALL THE 26 TEXT VOLUMES IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. The set is in very good condition. The lithographs are in general clean, except some plates which have the usual browning (some plates were obviously printed on a type of paper which almost always has been affected by some browning). One of the North Cape plates creased. In this set the 12 plates of the Madelaine Bay and Bell Sound are joined to form two panoramas (strengthened) which make them to two impressive views of Spitsbergen. Instead of beeing bound in according to the index our set is thematically bound. The text volumes are in excellent condition in the original bindings. A complete "Gaimard" set consisting of all the plate volumes and the text books is today uncommonly offered for sale. It has been estimated that the print run was approximately 150 copies and today, many copies are housed in public collections.
Provenance: Baron Carl Jedvard Bonde, Ericksberg's Castle in Södermanland county near Stockholm. His bookplate in each of the four plate volumes.
(Ref: N. M. Knutsen and P. Posti "La Recherche, En ekspedisjon mot nord" Tromsø 2002, E. H. Schiötz "Utlendingers reiser i Norge" no. 353 and additional information in part II)
#749

The indispensible reference book on Norway maps
GINSBERG, WILLIAM B.
Maps and Mapping of Norway 1602 - 1855.
4to. Hard cover, full shirting, dust wrapper. xiv + 317 pp. Septentrionallium Press, New York, N.Y. 2009
The author, William B. Ginsberg, has undertaken a significant amount of original reserach, during which he has discovered a number of new maps and variant states that are recorded for the first time. In addition to the formal cartobibliography, three essays - on county, route and local maps - explore the richness of maps of Norway!
With 328 pages and more than 300 illustrations the book is a treat for the eye as well as for the mind.
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