May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 120
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
NORDENSKIÖLD, ADOLF ERIK. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe. Folding maps, plates and illustrations. 8vo, publisher's cloth, some wear and abrasions; front hinge partially cracked; early owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. New York: MacMillan and Co., 1882

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first american edition. Nordenskiöld's 1878-80 expedition aboard the ships Vega and Lena was the first successful navigation of the Northeast Passage. Arctic Bibliography 12445.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.