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NORDENSKIÖLD, Gustaf (1868–1895). Ruiner af Klippboningar I Mesa Verdes Cañons [translation: Ruins of the Cliff Dwellings in Mesa Verde’s Canyons]. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, [1893].
Small folio. 18 full–page photogravures and maps, numerous in text illustrations from photographs and drawings (plate XIV sprung). Original morocco–backed green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt (spine gently sunned with few spots of rubbing at extreme ends). Provenance: Gustavi von Hofsten (armorial bookplate).
FIRST SWEDISH EDITION. An important archaeological and anthropological collection containing Nordenskiöld’s notes and photographs of his scientific visit at the invitation of two local ranchers who had discovered the site in 1888. Howes N174.