ANCKARSVÄRD, MICHAEL GUSTAF:
Samling af svenska och norrska utsigter tecknade efter naturen af C.J. Fahlcrantz, August och Michael Gustaf Anckarsvärd, lithografierade och utgifne af M. G. Anckarsvärd.
First edition. Stockholm. Tryckt hos Gjöthström & Magnusson. 1830-37. Folio. Lithographed title + 20 pp + 32 lithographed plates + front wrapper bound in. Only the 32 swedish plates are present. The 18 norwegian are missing. This copy is described in Björk & Börjesson catalouge 360 of 1943 (the norwegian plates were already missing at that time), and in Björk & Börjesson catalouge 514. Contemporary half calf. Marbled boards. Gilt title on front board. Gilt tooled spine. Worn binding. Top of spine missing. Text and plates not joined to the boards. Some foxing to the margins. One text page with foxing to the text area. A few plates with foxing to the images. Large margins.
¶ A classic Scandinavian topographical plate book. The present 32 plates shows beautiful wievs of Sweden. The plates are executed in the typical grainy black and white style of the 1830s. Anckarswärd is, besides Carl-Johan Billmark, the greatest lithographer Sweden has possessed. Anckarswärd shows his ability to create lively compositions, in contrast to most other Scandinavian artists of the time. The pictures have a lovely balance and presence. Anckarswärd exhibits his skill in making trees, people, mountains and animals come alive. He also lithographed the plates to "Sweriges Märkvärdigaste Ruiner" (Peculiar Ruins of Sweden), and contribiuted to "Fordna och Närvarande Sverige" (Ancient and Present Sweden) by Ulrik and Thora Thersner, which besides "Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna" stands out as the greatest work on swedish topography ever produced. The plates were printed by Gjöthström & Magnusson and the text by Johan Hörberg.
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