Sweden.- Thersner (Ulrick & Thora) Fordna och Närvarande Sverige; La Suede Ancienne et Moderne, 3 vol., text in Swedish and French, half-title, aquatint vignette title, 6 vignette part titles (2 aquatint & 4 lithographed) and 372 plates on 366 sheets, 130 aquatint and 236 lithographed, some tinted, list of subscribers tipped into vol.1 (foxed), plates with occasional light spotting and a couple of small stains, mostly marginal, 'Julita' in vol.2 with slight abrasions, a few marginal tears and repairs, some lithographed plates browned, contemporary half roan, spines gilt, lilac endpapers with clover leaves printed in green and gold, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and splits to joints, oblong folio, Stockholm, [1817-67].
⁂ Monumental work with magnificent plates featuring the castles and mansions of Sweden, completed by Thersner's daughter Thora. Rare to find complete with all the plates.
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