- Blank margins sl. foxed (endpapers worse); both vols. cancel stamp on first free endpaper; first few leaves and 2nd half of vol.2 (partly vaguely) waterstained in lower outer mainly blank margin.
= Sabin 36988, quoting Stevens: "Far superior to the [orig.] Swedish or English editions." Fred. Muller, Cat Books on America 829-832; Cat. NHSM I, p.269; Tiele 577; Henze II, 7f. Howes K 5: "Most trustworthy description of Swedish settlements in 18th century Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania."; Cox II, p.142: "This voyage of the Swedish naturalist was undertaken for the purpose of discovering whether any North American plants could be introduced advantageously into Sweden." This first and only Dutch edition is nowadays very rare.