Beskrivelse
Neues Land. Vier Jahre in arktischen Gebieten. I+II
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1903. Large 8vo. Original wrappers, uncut and unopened.
LAID IN: Order sheet for the decorated original boards. Spines with light spotting, darker toned to the lower end. Else a tight and attractive set of this title which is not common to see in it’s wrappers.
PROVENANCE: Inscribed by Gretha Andrea Sverdrup [born Engelschiøn] [1865-1937], the widow of Otto Sverdrup [1854-1930], to her niece Sofie Vaaler. Otto Sverdrup was the godfather of Sofie Vaaler.
”Til Sofie Vaaler til erindring om din gudfar, Hilsen tante Gretha. Sandvika, 27/1-1931.” (For Sofie Vaaler, in me-mory of your godfather, best wishes aunt Gretha).
Otto Sverdrup died November 26, 1930, just about 2 months before the inscription from his wife Gretha. Sverdrup aquired Villa Walle in Sandvika in 1908 and he lived there until his death in 1930. The set of ”Neues Land” is most likely to have resided in the library of Otto Sverdrup before it was passed on to his godchild Sofie. Together with Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, Otto Sverdrup is considered one of the great Norwegian pioneers in the exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Arctic Bibliography 17324.











