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Lind af Hageby, Axel

Lind af Hageby, Axel; Minnen från ett tre-årigt vistande i engelsk örlogstjänst 1857-1859 (I-II): Anteckningar. Med 27 planscher i stålstick och lithografiskt färgtryck med 4 kartor. 2 delar i 1 volym. Memory from 3 years service in the English Fleet mostly in India. With color plates. 2 parts in 1 vol. Adolf Bonnier, Stockholm, 1860. Första och enda upplagan. First and only edition.
Hardbound tall 8vo in a bit later half leather binding with the original soft cloth wrappers decorated with a gilt elephant. Spot below on spine, else a fine binding. One map mildly waterstained, else clean and fresh copy interior with only occasional spots. Exlibris inside front board. Interesting illustrated with 27 steel- engraved and lithographed plates hand coloured and sepia toned + 4 maps of which 2 are folded. Interesting diary/memory by this Swedish naval officer who served in the Brittish fleet mostly in India where he was involved in many campaigns. The plates are strong in colour and an interesting description of every-day-life as well as hunting, rituals etc. Frontispiece, (XIV), 468 p. + plates and maps.