Rabot in Norway and Sweden 1898

RABOT IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN 1898. RABOT, CHARLES. Aux fjords de Norvège et aux forêts de Suède. Ouvrage contenant quarante-huit illustrations et quatre cartes. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1898.
8vo. 182 x 123 mm. (6), 300 pp. Plates and maps in pagination. Brown contemporary half cloth with gilt spine, marbled boards and sprinkled edges. Dedication to [Aksel Severin, according to note] Steen on half title.

Schiötz 836. Bring 1172. Charles Rabot (1856-1944), French geographer and alpine climber. He travelled in northern Scandinavia the years 1880-85. In 1883 he became the first person to reach the southern summit of Kebnekajse. Aksel Severin Steen (1849-1915) Norwegian magnetologist and meteorologist. He was the magnetological and meteorological consultant for a number of Norwegian polar expeditions.

Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.