![NORDENSKIÖLD (ADOLF ERIK) Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa, 12 parts in 10 vol. [complete], 1880-1881](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-10/15/8663463-3-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "NORDENSKIÖLD (ADOLF ERIK) Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa, 12 parts in 10 vol. [complete], 1880-1881 Estimate: £800 - 1,200 €950 - 1,400 US$ 1,200 - 1,800")
NORDENSKIÖLD (ADOLF ERIK)
Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa, 12 parts in 10 vol. [complete], first edition, 10 folding maps, plates and illustrations, publisher's wrappers printed in red and black with vignette on upper cover, loss to one spine, 8vo, Stockholm, F. & G. Beijers, [1880-1881]
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
Footnotes
- The first edition of the most important account (subsequently published into 10 languages) of Nordenskiöld and Adolf Palander's pioneering expedition in the Vega, including a stop at Cape Chelysukin (the most northerly point of the Asian Continent), exploration in the Bering Strait, and the Chukchi Peninsula where - stuck in ice - they explored in the interior.
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