29th Nov, 2023 10:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
  Lot 139
 

Wallins. Första Resa fran Cairo till Arabiska Öknen i April 1845. Fragment, first ed. 1853

Wallins (Georg August)
Första Resa fran Cairo till Arabiska Öknen i April 1845. Fragment,

first edition, i- vii, 126pp., blank, map, contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards, rubbed at extremities with slight loss, a clean bright copy with little toning to pages, contemporary signature of John Snellman to front endpaper, 8vo., J.Simelii, Helsinki, 1853

***John Snellman (1815-1883), Finish Senator and relative of renown Johan Vilh.Snellman (1806-1881), Statesman & Philosopher

Provenance: Consigned from a member of the Wallins family.

In the original Swedish and published posthumously Wallins’ journey through Arabia, covering the wastelands of the Nafud Desert, where he reached Ha il then continued southward to Medina and Mecca and after returning to Egypt. This work includes an appendix with Arabic terms and phrases that appear the text in the original language and script.

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

 

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