EYRIES, J. B. B.

Märkvärdiga skeppsbrott samt andran äfventyr till lands och vatten från femtonde seklet till närvarande tid. Öfversättning af Aug. Th. Paban. Med åtta (kolorerade) illustrationer. (i.e. "Noteworthy shipwrecks").

Stockholm, P. G. Berg, 1859.

8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Spine with wear and some of gilting worn off. Brownspottet throughout. Stamp ("Axel Carlberg") to verso of four our the plates. (6), 546 pp. + 8 coloured plates depicting various shipwrecks. 

Rare first partial Swedish translation of Eyries' "Histoire des naufrages" containing  descriptions of shipwrecks, winterings, abandonments, fires and other fatal events at sea.

Order-nr.: 60338