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On October 16, 1790, Stockholmers were offered for sale a poetic work which has since then turned out to be one of the Swedish books which have a rightful place as essential to any spaceshipÆs terrestrial library. Viewed superficially, Fredmans Epistlar by Bellman is a collection of songs about drunkenness, fivolity and loose-living. Yet, strangely enough, it affects us deeply; perhaps even has some kind of lasting valid message. By the time the book came out Bellman had been working on his FredmanÆs Epistles for twenty years. In it the drunken watchmaker Jean Fredman heads a whole gallery of contemporary Stockholmers, most of whom have been identified by research. But it is as figures of fantasy they come to life, then as now. Originally planned as a parody of the Pauline epistle, FredmanÆs epistles are thought of as being sent out to the townÆs taverns and their clients., English, Year1995, Illust. B/W8, Illust. Color, ISBN 9152003612, Code 5432. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, Bibl. Bio. Pages 44, Size 7öx 5 1/2ö.…