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The Trollhätta falls depicted

SKJÖLDEBRAND, Anders Frederik.
Description des cataractes et du canal de Trollhätta en Suède avec un précis historique.


Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards.

Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards.

Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards.

Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards.

Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards.



Stockholm, Charles Delén, 1804. 8vo. Contemporary blue wrappers. Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards. (1), 47, (2) pp.

First edition of an interesting account on the waterfalls and the Trollhätta canal in Sweden, illustrated with a series of sepia aquatints after drawings by Count Skjöldebrand (1757-1834) showing impressive scenery with sluces & cataracts. The Trollhätta canal, which connects Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden, to the Baltic sea through the river Göta, was inaugurated in August 1800. The work consists of a short treatise divided in five chapters: a chapter on the origin of the name Trollhätta, a topographical description of the region, a description of the waterfalls, a historical account on the construction of the canal and the sluces, and the fifth chapter concludes with a critical summary of the works.
List of plates:
- Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta.
- Chute de Gullö. Écluse d'Ekeblad.
- Chute de Toppö.
- Cascade dans l'écluse de Polhem.
- Voute de l'écluse de Polhem.
- Stampeström.
- Vue generale des chutes de Trollhätta.
- Nouveau canal.
- Les écluses superieures.
- Une des écluses.
- Le fleuve au dessous des écluses.

Good copy.- (Last leaves partly loose; some soiling on the plates).


Related Subjects: Aquatints  Hydraulics  Mountaineering  Scandinavia  Sweden 

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