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En Resa til Norra America, på Kongl. Swenska Wetenskaps Academiens befallning, och Publici kostnad. Tome I (af 3).
Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1753. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt blåt, falmet og slidt papirsomslag, ryg mangler. (22),484,(20) pp., træstukne illustrationer i teksten. 10 blade i midten med lidt papir i nedre margin bortrevet, tab af enkelte bogstaver på 2 blade. Med brugsspor og spredte brunpletter. Titelbladet brunplettet og med lille stempel. På indersiden af foromslaget med egenhændig tilskrift ""Pehr Kalm""
Originaludgaven, dog kun første bind, som tilsyneladende har tilhørt forfatteren selv. I dette første bind beskriver Kalm rejsens start i Sverige med beskrivelsen af hans færd fra Uppsala til Strömstad (pp. 1-43), herefter rejse i Norge (pp. 47-138, Grimstad - Arendal - Christianssand). Resten af bindet omhandler England, som sidenhen blev udgivet separat.This first volume of the first edition deals with the travels in Sweden (pp. 1-43), Norway (pp. 47-138) and England (pp. 138-484).Sabin 36986 - Schiötz ""Itineraria Norvegica"", 511a. + Supplement p. 393.
Beskrifning på hvad sätt dricka göres i Norra America af et slags gran. (In: Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. Band 12, Nr. 3),
(Stockholm, 1751). 8vo. As extracted from from ""Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. Band 12, Nr. 3. Uncut, Pp. 190–19
First printing. ""Among the most importent sources of historical information on mid-eighteenth century America are the writings of Per Kalm, the famous Swedish botanist. Historical students are generally familiar with Kalm's...""En Resa till Norra America"" (Stockholm, 1753-61)...but his articles on American subjects which appeared in Kungl.Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar for 1740 to 1779 are also important, especially for the scientific observations which they contain...""(Ester Louise Larsen).
Wästgötha Och Bahusländska Resa Förrättad År 1742. Med Anmärkningar uti Historia Naturali, Physique, Medicine, Oeconomie, Antiquiteter etc. Jemte nödige Figurer.
Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1746. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary sprinkled half calf with gilt title label and gilt fillets on spine. Five raised bands. With 8 woodcuts in the text. Bookplate to front pastedown and previous owner's signature on title page. One leaf (K1) with loss in margin (approx. 2.5 cm). Some browning, otherwise a clean and well-preserved copy. (8), 304, 14, (2) pp.
Under the guidance of Linnaeus, Kalm completed his studies at the University of Uppsala. At the initiative of Count Bielke, he undertook botanical expeditions to southern Sweden and Finland. The defining event of his life, however, was his journey to North America and Canada, undertaken to discover useful plants capable of withstanding the Scandinavian climate (DSB VII, p. 210).
Voyage de Kalm en Amérique
T. Berthiaume Couverture rigide Montréal 1880
Très bon Grand in-8. 168 pages, errata. Reliure postérieure. Mémoires de la Société historique de Montréal, septième livraison.
