ZIMMERMANN, E[BERHARDT], [A]UGUST. [W]ILHELM [V]ON:
Jorden och dess invånare, historisk tafla af det adertonde århundratets upptäckter om fremmande folkslag och länder; af E. A. W. v. Zimmermann. [Volumes 1-13].
Stockholm. Hos Strinnholm och Zacharias Haegström. 1813-1839 12:o. 15 x 10 cm. 13 volumes. All published. Vol. I: Title + half title + (8 pp.) + XLVII + (1) + 391 pp. + (1 p.) + 5 engravings + 1 folding map; Vol: II: Title + half title + (4 pp.) + 376 pp. + 5 engravings + 1 folding map; Vol III: Title + half title + 410 pp. + 3 engravings + 1 folding map; Vol IV: Title + half title + 426 pp. + (2 pp.) + 3 engravings + 1 folding map; Vol. V: Title + half title + ( 4 pp.) + 336 pp. (pp. 334-336 without pagination) + 5 engravings; Vol VI: Title + half title + 368 pp. + 5 engravings; Vol VII: Title + half title + 311 pp. + (1 p.) + 3 engravings; Vol. VIII: Title + half title + 375 pp. + (1 p.) + (6 pp.) + 3 engravings; Vol IX: Title + half title + 313 pp. + (1 p.) + 3 engravings; Vol X: Title + half title + 443 pp. + (1 p.) + (8 pp) + 4 engravings; Vol. XI: Title + half title + 330 pp. + (14 pp.) + 3 engravings; Vol. XII: Title + half title + 390 pp. + (2 pp.) + 4 engravings; Vol XIII: 394 pp. (including title and half title) + (2 pp.) + 4 engravings. Several pagination errors. All volumes in first editions. Half calf. Gilt titles and ornamentations at the spine. Title labels at the spine. Marbled board papers. Nicely uniformely bound volumes except volume thirteen which has slightly different ornamentation at the spine, and board papers in differnt colours. Five volumes with minor loss att the upper spine. One volume with two short tears to the upper spine. One volume with damage to the board papers and a small water damage to the back board and back fly leaf. Two volumes with some pages with discreet water stain in the margin. Two engravings crudely repaired. A few minor stains and a couple of volumes with a few small annotations. A couple of volumes with some dirt to the fly leaves, paste downs and tiles. A few pages with minor loss to the margins. A couple of pages with a small tear to the text area. About a dozen pages narrowly cut, but no text loss. In spite of the above, a nice set.
¶ A charming description of the world and its people, with numerous engravings and some maps. This is a complete thirteen volume set of Zimmermanns "Jorden och dess invånare", a swedish abridged translation of the german original "Die Erde und ihre bewohner". Volume thirteen is very uncommon. It was published seven years after volume tvelve. Complete sets are scarce.
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