La Vega ; Lettere Di A. E. Nordeskiold ; Raccontanti la Scoverta Del Passaggio Nord-Est Del Polo Nord ; 1878-1879 ; Con Prefaziones Di Nicola Lazzaro. (Edizione Illustrata Dal Ritratto Del Prof. Nordenskiold Dal Ritratto Del Tenente Bove E Da Una Carta Ge

Napoli, Roma ; Milano, Napoli, Torino: Enrico Detken ; Dottor Francesco Vallardi, 1880 ; No date. First Italian edition of both works (presumed). Two works bound as one book. Custom bound in octavo in purple quarter leather and marbles paper boards; xv, 254 p., frontis; vii, 323, [4] p. illus and two-page color map (in Bianchi); 18 x 12.7 cm. Board edges rubbed in parts ; binding tight; leaves clean. Very Good+ thus. Hardcover.

In Italian. Unique thus, two works bound as one. Scarce editions both. No copies located in OCLC World Cat for this 1880 La Vega; only two copies the Bianchi. La Vega is the Italian translation of: Vegas fard kring Asien och Europa. Voyages and travels. Vega (Ship); Northwest Passage. Arctic regions. Africa, Abyssinia, Ethiopia.