The pictorial travel journey (scrapbook) of Roger Björnstjerna's (1827-1910) Grand tour in Europe 1857-1859.
All together 329 sheets with prints, of which several hand-coloured, a few maps and photos of cities, tourist attractions, landscape scenerys, art works, uniforms of different regiments etcetera. Vol I with a map showing the travel route, and with a list of cities and places visited, a photo of Roger Björnstjerna and his travel companion Reuterskiöld, and several calling-cards. A few additions from later journeys in the 1860's. Folio (73 x 55 cm).
The book covers worn and with minor damages, and also faded. The different prints and photos overall in very good condition, and colours exceptionally well preserved. Only a few with some minor defects. The binding enforced and restored by a bookbinder in 1983.
Provenance
Roger Magnus Eugen Curt Björnstjerna 1827-1910 (son of Magnus Fredrik Ferdinand, Count Björnstjerna).
More information
The Grand Tour started on the 15 of September 1857 from Stockholm, and ended there on the 2 of March 1859. In vol I the map with the travel route is mounted on the inside of the book-cover, and also with the list of cities and places visited, of which the most important are as follow;
15 September 1857: Stockholm
17: Berlin
22: Dresden
26: Prague
28: Vienna
6 October: Pest
9: Vienna
17: Salzburg
21: Munich
27: Zurich
31: Geneva
27 November: Lausanne
10 January 1858: Chellor
3 February: Geneva
2: Lyon
8: Marseilles
14: Rom
5 Mars: Naples
13: Pompeii
19: Palermo
26: Naples
31: Rom
15 April: Florence
28: Turin
30: Milan
1 Maj: Venice
5: Verona
8: Milan
11: Como, Lugano
14: Luzern
16: Lausanne
2 June: Basel
4: Bonn
7: Dover
8: London
24: Richmond
27: Sheffield
30: Edinburgh
7 July: Liverpool
8: Birmingham
9: Oxford
10: Blenheim, London
23: Brighton, Dover
24: Brussels
27: Waterloo
29: Aachen
2 August: Antwerp
4: Rotterdam
6: The Hague
8: Brussels
12: Paris
15: Fontainbleau
1 October: Chalons
11: Paris
23: Orleans
24: Chambord, Blois
25: Tours
28: Bordeaux
1 November: Bayonne
3: Pau
6: Toulouse
9: Montpelier
12: Avignon
13: Lyon
17: Genève
18: Lausanne
5 Januari 1859: Bern
7: Lausanne
16: Geneva
17: Lyon
20: Paris
11 February: Bonn
12: Hannover
18: Copenhagen
19: Helsingborg
22: Jönköping
24: Linköping
1 Mars: Nyköping
2: Stockholm