DALIN, OLOF

Svea rikes historia ifrån dess begynnelse til wåra tider, efter hans kongl. Maj:ts nådiga behag på Riksens höglofliga ständers åstundan författad af Olof Dalin. 3 parts (all).

Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1747 - 1762.

4to. Three volumes (volume three being in two parts) bound in three contemporary, non-uniform, full calf bindings with five raised bands. Bindings with wear, leather on spine cracked, spine-ends chipped and boards with scratches. Internally brownspotted, a few small dampstains and marginal repairs. (40) 666 (6), (44) 922, (4) pp; (30) 704 pp.; (22) 652 (8) pp. Complete.

First edition of Dalin’s classic Swedish history, often regarded as being the first modern general of Swedish historiography describing events up to the death of King Charles IX of Sweden in 1611. 

Order-nr.: 62921