BOHMAN, WETTERN OCH DESS KUSTER, 1834-1840.

BOHMAN, JOHN. Wettern och dess kuster. I-II. Norrköping and Örebro (A. Bohlin - N. M. Lindh) 1834-40.
8vo. 190 x 120 mm, (18), (1)-256, (2, last blank); (4), (I)-VIII, (1)-312, (4) pp. Lithographed frontispiece (grave of von Platen), 1 folding printed table. Contemporary half-French binding, decorations and title in gilt on spine along with relief-pressed patterns, marbled covers, sprinkled edges, Karl Johan Metzén's name label on the inside of the front cover.

Part I with subtitle: Första resan. Ett helt för sig, innefattande Götha Canal, Carlsborgs fästning och Motala mekaniska verkstad, jemte drag ur grefve von Platens lefverne.
Part II with subtitle: Andra resan. Ett helt för sig, innefattande Wetterms special-beskrifning, jemte hithörande äldre märkvärdigheter.

Bertil Gustafsson (1940-2024). Bertil grew up with three siblings near Lake Mälaren and also Södertälje. He later trained as an art teacher and taught at the upper secondary school for the rest of his life. Bertil's interest in books showed itself at an early age; among antiquarian bookshops and booksellers in Stockholm, there are many who have been visited by Bertil Gustafsson. His great interest in both rare books and our wonderful nature resulted in an exceptionally fine book collection. His sense for the condition of both details and the whole, and his ability to find extremely fine copies of both more common and incredibly rare books, is something one sees extremely rarely.