Linné´s Bibliotheca botanica, Fundamenta botanica
| Sold for | 2000 SEK |
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| Estimate | 1 500-1 800 SEK |
LINNÉ, CARL VON. Bibliotheca botanica, recensens plus mille de plantis hucusque editos secundum Systema auctorum naturale, in classes, ordines, genera & species dispositos, additis Fundamentorum Botanicorum pars Ima. Amsterdam (S. Schouten) 1736.
12mo. (16), 153, (13), (2) pp. (errata).
BOUND WITH: D:O. Fundamenta botanica quae... scientiae botanices per breves Aphorismos tradunt. Amsterdam (S. Schouten) 1736.
12vo. (4), 35, (1) pp.
19th century marbled paper binding, worn and rubbed, upper cover with gilt name " H. Laspeyres", title label on spine. Text throughout with traces and spots by tape, mostly in corners, sometimes with some loss of letters, title with loss of inner margin, spots.
Soulsby 250 (not recording the errata-leaf), 253. Hulth 17. First edition published together with the "Fundamenta". Printed dedication to Burman, who helped Linnaeus with this work.
Probably Hugo Laspeyres (1836-1913), important German mineralogist.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
