Carl Gustaf Tessin´s natural cabinet by Linnaeus
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THE NATURAL CABINET OF COUNT TESSIN. (LINNÉ, CARL VON). Museum Tessinianum... Carl Gust. Tessins naturalie-samling. Stockholm (L. Salvius) 1753.
Folio. (8), (1)-123, (9) pp. Title with engraved vignette by J. E. Rehn (some slight soiling in margins), 1 engraved vignette, 2 engraved initials, 12 engraved plates (all, 1 with folds, some light soiling to margins, last one with small paperloss to margin).
Contemporary brown calf binding, boards with gilt decor, partly worn and rubbed, covers slightly warped, small split in upper outer joint, partly split inner joints, richly gilt spine with title label "Tessin", minor damages to upper and lower part, speckled edges. Text with some slight soiling or foxing mostly to margins, also some worming and some fraying or minor tears to margins, upper part partly with slight dampstain. Bookplate of Emanuel Cederström.
Soulsby 1081, Hulth p. 89. First edition.
Catalogue of the collection of minerals and petrifications which count Carl Gustaf Tessin had collected at Åkerö. Most of the plates engraved by Per Gustaf Floding.
Provenance: Emanuel Thure Cederström (1848-?), baron at the mansion of Krusenberg, superintendent of the Royal Art Collections 1882-1885, see Carlander IV:340 pp. 340-341.
Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
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Auktionsnummer:
6031
Datum:
2015-06-16