
JERROLD, WILLIAM BLANCHARD: A BRAGE-BEAKER WITH THE SWEDES: OR, NOTES FROM THE NORTH IN 1852. London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. 8vo. XII, 252 pp. + 8 wood-engraved views of Stockholm from sketches by the author. Text illustrations. ¶ First edition of Jerrold's [1826-1884] account of his journey to Sweden (he never made it to Norway!). Jerrold, English journalist and author, visited Hälsingborg, Göteborg, Örebro and Stockholm. Appendices on Swedish commerce. He was appointed Crystal Palace commissioner to Sweden in 1853, and wrote A Brage-Beaker with the Swedes (1854) on his return. In
Also published with a variant title, Travels and Adventures in Sweden and Norway, or Notes from the North, the same year (London 1954).
Bring 782. Schiötz, 1, p. 226.Publisher's blind-stamped plum cloth, spine faded.
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