Arthur de Capell Brooke "A Winter in Lapland and Sweden". 1829. Arthur de Capell Brooke1791 Northamptonshire - 1858 ? From the series: New library of the most important travel descriptions for the extension of earth= and ethnology. Second half of the first centurie. 50th volume. Published by the Großh. Sächs. priv. Landes=Industrie=Comptoir, Weimar. Binding with marbled paper boards, on the cover an old paper label old inscribed in ink. Arthur de Capell Brooke's in-depth account of Lapland and Sweden was one of the most comprehensive and reliable sources of the time. Without the engraved title vignette.Spine and covers bumped, with significant wear and tears. The book pages partly soiled and (fox-)stained as well as in the lower area with waterstains. On the front cover old inscribed in lead, partly cancelled as well as the endpaper inscribed with name and data entries in ink. Titles with crease. In the area of the stitching partly with traces of inanctive anobial attack. Dimensions: 21.3 x 12.5 x 5 cm. Arthur de Capell Brooke 1791 Northamptonshire - 1858 ? Arthur de Capell Brooke was a British travel writer.He was a member of the British learned society the Royal Society and co-founder of the Raleigh Club. From 1820 he travelled to Norway, among others to Alta and Torneå.