Large format · collector's size

Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style

by Ralph Edenheim · 128 pages · 26 × 26 cm · about 885 g

This is the most generous printing of the title. At roughly 26 × 26 cm across 128 pages, it gives the photographs real room to breathe — painted ceilings, timber walls and open meadow views all reproduced at a satisfying scale. If you think of a photo book as something to display as much as to read, this is the edition to weigh up.

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Format	Large format
Language	English
Print length	128 pages
Dimensions	26.04 × 1.91 × 26.04 cm
Item weight	about 885 g
ISBN-10	1857590538
ISBN-13	978-1857590531
Customer rating	4.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

The photographs at full size

Skansen began as Artur Hazelius's rescue project in 1891 — a hillside in Stockholm where farms, storehouses, summer cottages and gardens from across Sweden were rebuilt so that visitors could step straight into an earlier way of life. Edenheim guides you through all of it, and in this large-format printing the photographs that accompany him are given the most generous treatment of any edition. Small things start to matter: the brushwork on a painted wall, the grain in centuries-old timber, the cool northern light falling through a farmhouse window.

Spread over 128 pages at 26 × 26 cm, this is the heaviest of the three printings at around 885 grams — exactly what you'd expect from the most lavish of the set. In practice, the size and weight are also the quickest way to be certain you're holding this edition and not the lighter softcover, since the covers can otherwise look much the same.

Who it's for

Photo-book lovers who want the imagery printed as large as it goes.
Coffee-table readers who like a book that makes a statement on display.
Gift-givers after the most striking version of the title to hand over.

Our take

Choose this edition when the visual experience is the whole point. It's the copy we'd set out on a coffee table or wrap as a special gift, simply because the photographs carry the most impact at this size. Use the button above to check the current Amazon price and weigh it against the Scala and softcover printings.

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