Three older Swedish Books

Predikningar hållna i London, wid uprättandet af missions- societeten, den 22, 23 och 24 september 1795, samt wid de första missionairernas afsändande [=to the Pacific Islands] den 28

julii 1796, tillika med handlingar rörande denna societets inrättning och första göromål. [Half-title:] Missions-societeten i Ängland. Historien om dess uprinnelse och första företag.

Stockholm, Johan Christ. Holmberg, 1799. 8vo. 15,5 x 10 cms. 56 + 580 pp.

Lightly worn contemporary half calf, lightly foxed. Provenance: Gabriel Marklin (3 stamps), F. Schulthess, and Library of the Swedish Missionary Association (blindstamp).

In Swedish. Includes a chapter about ”The Pacific Islands” by D. Haveis (pp. 359-406) and ”Instructions for Missionaries to the Pacific Islands” (pp. 543-79). Also sermons and speeches by G. Burder, S. Greatheed, R. Hill, D. Bogue, H. Hunter and E. Williams.

[Together with:]

B. A. Ennes:

Svenskarne i Bender. Biografier.

Jönköping, J. P. Lundström, 1808. 8vo. 16,8 x 10 cms. 44 pp.

Attractive later half calf, spine richly gilt (G. Hedberg).

Catalogue of king Karl XII’s officers and soldiers in Turkey.

[Together with:]

Jöran A. Nordberg:

S. Clarae minne, eller berättelse om det gamla S. Clarae kloster.

Stockholm 1727. Folio. 31,5 x 20 cms. [8] + 200 pp. + 4 engraved plates. Title printed in red & black.

Later full calf gilt (G. Hedberg). Damage to top of spine, short crack in front upper joint, spine faded, first 2 plates worn, torn, cut around image and laid down, slight foxing and spotting. Bookplate of Albert Pauli.

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