first edition leather_bound
1827 · Stockholm
by Grafstrom, Anders Abraham & Christian Didrik Forrsell
Stockholm: Johan Horberg, 1827. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary half polished russet calf and marbled boards. All edges yellow. Fine.. 137 pages. 27 1/2 x 22 cm. Forty-seven hand-colored engraved plates with tissue guards, plus hand-colored vignette title, and two engraved plates of music. Grafstrom, poet and historian wrote the text, and Forssell made the engravings. Index. List of Plates and errata. Costumes from Dalarna, Helsingland, Lappland, Sodermanland, Westergothland, Smaland, Blekinge, and Skane. Lovely copy, plates and text clean, fresh and bright; bookplate, raised bands, spine panels richly guilt in floral motifs, marbled endpapers, maroon morocco spine label printed in gilt.
(Inventory #: 18472)