Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand - Voyage pittoresque au Cap Nord. I-IV. A Stockholm
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SKJÖLDEBRAND, ANDERS FREDRIK. Voyage pittoresque au Cap Nord. I-IV. A Stockholm, chez Charles Deleen et J. G. Forsgren, 1801-02. Oblong folio. 328 x 500 mm. (4), 27, (1); (4), 29-61, (1) pp. 48 (of 60) aquatint-engraved plates. Last plate stained. Somewhat worn calfspine bindings, embossed cloth boards with gilt titles. 2 volumes. Bring 315a, Schiötz 966a. The drawings were made by Skjöldebrand and about half are also engraved by him, the others by M. Heland, J. F. Martin and C. Agrell. There are 29 plates with views from Norway. Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand (1757-1834), Swedish general, artist and traveller. In 1798-99 he accompanied Acerbi and Belotti on their Scandinavian tour to the North Cape. The experience embittered S., who later wrote critically of Acerbi for being overly ambitious and having plagiarized his illustrations.
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