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Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps

Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps
Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps
Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps
Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps
Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps
Klint Swedish Maritime Atlas with 13 maps

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65000 SEK

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30 000-35 000 SEK

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SWEDISH MARITIME ATLAS - 13 SEACHARTS. KLINT, GUSTAV AF. Sweriges sjö-atlas. Stockholm, about 1830-1834.

Imperial folio (710x560 mm). Engraved dedication leaf, and 13 engraved double-page charts, about 640x950 mm. (not complete, see below). The maps present are the large-scale charts of the Baltic Sea and the Swedish shores. Maps in fine impressions. Lacking title, first sheet loose, some offsetting.

Bound in the original half calf binding, boards with decor of the Swedish flag (so called Flaggbandet), gilt spine in compartments with red title label "Sveriges sjöatlas", partly worn and rubbed, some soiling to the boards.

Gustaf af Klint (1771-1840), Swedish naval officer and cartographer in Karlskrona and Stockholm. During the Swedish war against Russia 1788-90, af Klint served on his fathers ship Gustaf III. Most famous for his sea charts in Sveriges sjöatlas, which was published between 1797 and his death in 1840. The project continued up to 1848 by his heirs. In total the 1848 atlas consisted of 64 maps.

List of maps / charts present:

General charta til Sveriges sjö-atlas första delen
Karta öfver Bohus bugten, 1834 (with Christiania fjorden on a longer sheet)
Karta öfver den östra delen af Kattegat, 1833
Karta öfver sundet emellan Sverige och Dannemark med närgränsande delar af Östersjön och Kattegatt, 1834
Karta öfver Hanöbugten med Hamrarne samt öppningen till Kalmar sund, 1833
Karta öfver Kalmar sund med Öland, 1833
Karta öfver Norrköpingsbugten med skärgården från Landsort til öpningen af Kalmarsund, 1833
Karta öfver Gotland, 1834
Karta öfver Stockholnms skärgård med tillgränsande del af Östersjön samt Ålands haf, 1830
Karta öfver insjöarne Mälaren samt Hjelmaren, 1832 (med två specialer: Segellederne och Westra delen av Mälaren)
Karta öfver Gefle bugten med kustne från Öregrund till Huddiksvall, 1833
Karta öfver Bottenhafvet, 1833
Karta öfver Finska viken, 1833

Provenance: From the estate of Dr Peter Wallenberg (1926-2015).


Auktionsnummer:

6203

Datum:

2016-12-20