Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia
Subtitle: förrättad åren 1770-1779 ...
By: af Carl Peter Thunberg ...
Contributors: Ahl, Jonas Niclas, engraver; Landin, Bengt-Olof, 1925- , former owner
Publisher: Tryckt hos directeur. Joh. Edman
Published: 1788
Place of publication: Upsala
Language: swe
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Travel; Early works to 1800; Description and travel
Notes: Some plates signed by the engraver, J.N. Ahl.

Collation of the set: d. 1 (1788): [26], 389, [1] p., 2 folded plates; d. 2 (1789): [32], 384 p., 4 folded plates; d. 3 (1791): [14], 286, 289-389, 401-414 p.; d. 4 (1793): [36], 285, 288-341, [1] p., 4 folded plates.

Del 4 has variant publisher's statement: Tryckt hos direct. Joh. Ednans [i.e. Edmans] enka.

Half-titles, engraved t.p. and dedication, pictorial head- and tailpieces, initials.

Errors in paging.

Includes indexes.

Pritzel 9259

Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit. (2nd ed.), 14.357

Antiquariaat Forum BV; purchase; 4/2010; $2330.00.

SCNHRB copy (d. 1, 39088015291354; d. 2, 39088015291115; d. 3, 39088015278872; d. 439088015290919) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.

SCNHRB copy is from the Bengt-Olof Landin Collection, sold by Crafoord Auction House, Lund, Sweden, cat. item no. 660.

SCNHRB copy has a contemporary spattered brown paperboard binding with gilt-tooled brown paper spine label and red sprinkled edges; there are some old ms. pencil and ink brief annotations and markings on the endpapers and in the margins.
Table of contents: title: Första delen, innehållande resan til södra Europa och Goda Hoppets Udde i Africa, åren 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773; title: Andra delen, innehållande tvånne långa resor inåt södra Africa's Hörn, och sedan til ön Java, åren 1773, 1774, 1775; title: Tredje delen, innehållande resan til och uti Kejsaredömet Japan, åren 1775 och 1776; title: Fjerde delen, innehållande resan uti Kejsaredömet Japan, på Java och Ceilon samt hemresan.