Translation by Stillingfleet, Linnaeus and others
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Beskrivning
STILLINGFLEET, B. Miscellaneous tracts relation to natural history, husbandry, and physick. To which is added the calendar of flora. The second edition, corrected and augmented... London ( Dodsley - Payne) 1762.
8vo. 11 engraved flower plates, grass (all, minor foxing).
Contemporary full calf, partly worn, split joints, slightly upper cover partly loose, richly gilt spine in compartments, crack to spine, some damages, red speckled edges. Flyleaf partly loose. Minor foxing.
"Contains translations of several pieces selected from many others published by several ingenious members of that great, and hitherto unrivalled school of natural history, the university of Upsal in Sweden, under the presence of Linnaeus "(Preface of the translator). There is also a piece by Linnaeus himself (An Oration concerning travelling in one's own country,), and Stillingfleet's own "Observations on grasses".
The first edition was published in 1759.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
Auktionsnummer:
6052
Datum:
2015-06-16