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KLINCKOWSTROM, Axel Leonhard (1775-1837). Bref Om De Forenta Staterna, Forfattade Under En Resa Till Amerika Aren 1818, 1819, 1820 . Stockholm: Eckstein, 1824. First edition including 'one of the most picturesque and interesting early views of Broadway and City Hall' (Stokes). The atlas also contains hand-coloured engraved maps of the northern and southern part of the United States by C. F. Himberg after John Mellish (dated 1816), an unsigned engraved map of New York city and its environs, a street plan of Philadelphia lithographed by C. Muller, three aquatint views of Philadelphia and its environs, three of New York (including the view of Broadway and City Hall), all signed by Akrell after Klinckowstrom, and an unsigned aquatint view in vignette form of the Capitol in Washington, as it looked before and after rebuilding in 1819. 'One of the European artists to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for their skillful rendering of scenes in the young American republic is Baron Axel Leonhard Klinckowstrom. A Swedish aristocrat, Klinckowstrom spent three years in the United States (1818-1820) as an official emissary of his country, traveling widely and taking a lively interest in all he saw' (NYPL/Deak). Deak 310, 322; Howes K-201; Sabin 38053; Stokes 3:563. Text: 2 volumes in one, octavo (202 x 122mm). 2 engraved additional titles, folding letterpress table (occasional faint staining). Contemporary Swedish half calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Paul Schauman (ownership inscription). Atlas: oblong folio (including variously sized individual sheets, 418 x 510mm). Lithographed title with vignette, letterpress list of plates, one letterpress leaf of text, 16 plates, plans and maps, of which 5 lithographed, 11 aquatint or engraved, 3 folding; the engraved maps by Mellish coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary calf-backed stiff paper wrappers (extremities lightly rubbed); contained in a mdoern cloth box. Provenance : stamps on title.