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GOVENIUS, Johan (1756-1813). Lithografiska Skizzer fran Fregatten Norrkopings Expedition till Amerika och Westindien 1861-1862. Stockholm: Typografiska Foereningens Boktryckeri, 1863.

Charming illustrated travel book documenting a Swedish novelist’s journey through the United States and West Indies. Govenius documents Swedish communities in the Americas and describes in depth the Boston theater scene. Not in Sabin.

Oblong quarto (237 x 320mm). 12 lithographs, some color or tinted (some plates toned). Original printed wrapper (sewing perishing).
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