Sweden.-

Storia politica filosofica e naturale del regno di Svezia Sino a tutto il Secolo XVIII. E incoronazione del regnante Gustavo IV, 4 vol., First Edition thus, 4 portrait frontispieces, vol. 4 frontispiece partially pasted down, 5 folding plates, including a map and genealogy, 2 with tears, vol. 2-4 uncut, vol. 2 lacking A1 and with several signatures and page numbers misprinted, vol. 3 with loss to lower corner of N4, some loss to upper corner of vol. 4 title, spotting throughout, contemporary paper wrappers with labels to spine, 8vo, Antonio Zatta, Venice, 1802 (4)

*** Rare, with only two copies recorded worldwide (according to ICCU and OCLC). An expanded edition, with a chapter on Gustav IV, of Beccatini’s Storia del regno e della vita di Gustavo III (1792-3).