CAPELL BROOKE*S WINTER SKETCHES IN LAPLAND, 1826, in large folio.

CAPELL BROOKE, ARTHUR DE. Winter Sketches in Lapland, or Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69 [degrees] 55 "North Lat. through Norwegian, Russian and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia. Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Traveling with-Rein-Deer, the Most Striking Incidents That Occurred During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland. + Title in French. London, John Murray, 1826. (The lithographed front board with mounted label "Published by J. Rodwell, New Bond Street & J. & A. Arch, Cornhill, 1827" and text Printed by C. Hullmandell.

Large folio (about 580 x 465 mm). 2 title leaves (one in french), 24 tinted lithographed plates (all, minor foxing, some marginal wearing).
Worn contemporary boards, loose, spine missing. Lithographed front board (worn). First endpapers creased.

Bring 450, Schiötz 145a. First edition. The lithographed plates by D. Dighton and J. D. Harding. About 15 of the plates with Norwegian motifs. The plates also exists in black and white and coloured. The work was issued as a picture part to A Winter in Lapland and Sweden, Schiötz 144, Bring 449.