The Linnaeus Apostles | Global Science & Adventure || Volume Three | Book Two || Pehr Kalm’s | Journal || United States of America [sic] | Canada.

Inbunden bok. IK Foundation. 1st uppl. 2008. 430 + 9 sidor.

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag saknas. [Please note: This ex will only be sold with Book 1 of Volume 3]
2008, The Standard Edition. 31 x 22 cm. Title: The Linnaeus Apostles | Global Science & Adventure || Volume Three | Book Two || Pehr Kalm’s | Journal || United States of America [sic] | Canada. Publisher: IK Foundation (London). Author: Pehr Kalm (1716-1779); translator from Swedish Peter Hogg; transcriber of English Viveka Hansen: editor-in-chief Lars Hansen. Hard covers in greenish gray cloth in Shirting M quality from Carl Jensen (Copenhagen); binding done at Förlagshuset Nordens Grafiska AB (Malmö), debossed on front and spine in red and gilt lettering. Endpapers front and back red Lessebo Design, 120 grams, from Vida Paper AB in region where Carl Linnaeus was born and raised. Printing done at Wallin & Dalholms Boktryckeri AB (Lund)—a mostly Swedish book in form and author. 1st edition, 1st impression of Standard Edition. Pagination continues from Book 1: 561 to 991, + 9. Contents: covers the latter portion of Kalm’s journey in the English colonies, specifically from New Jersey in Dec. 1749 mostly overland into Montreal and Quebec, then back via New York into the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the next portion contains 3 monographs and two meteorological and phenological reports from Quebec; the last portion has “The Quaker’s New Book of Discipline,” revised 1747. This is a natural history of the named colonies, including a full range of activities of their inhabitants. The translator’s and transcriber’s notes (p. 987-991) offer essential aide to readers navigating this complex edition.