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THE OLDEST SCIENTIFIC PERIODICAL. (70).
CURTIS, WILLIAM - (continued by) SIMS, JOHN and HOOKER, WILLIAM JACKSON. The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden displayed: In which the most Ornamental Foreign Plants, culivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural Colours. To which are added, their names, class, ordre, generic and specific charaters, according to the celebrated Linnaeus, their places of growth and times of flowering...... to which will be added, their names, class, order, generic and specific charachters according to the celebrated Linnaeus... Vol. 1-45, 47-75, 148-153. London 1787-1818, 1820- 1849, 1923-27.

Large 8vo (about 235x135). With about 4400 mostly hand-coloured engraved or lithograph plates of flowers and plants, 271 coloured plates (plates mostly untrimmed, 1 damaged, minor worming, overall with some slight spotting or foxing, a few with repairs or paper losses, some offsetting, some dampstaining, mostly marginal, a few loose, lacking 1 plate in vol. 23 and in the last series [vol. 152], a few plates wrongly bound, some offsetting to text, text partly with some foxing, some browning to edges, a few tears). Plates after drawings by J. Curtis, S. T. Edwards, J. Sowerby, R. K. Greville, W. J. Hooker, W. Herbert and W. Kilburn.
Mostly contemporary different half calfs or full calf, mostly worn or with damages, many bindings with restorations, some joints split or starting, 1 spine loose, some spines with minor damages, last bindings finer and some bound by Hedberg, Stockholm. Signature or stamp of Robert Fries on most titles and endpaper. 70 vols.

Nissen BBI 2350.
William Curtis (1746-99) published the magazine from 1787-1799, John Sims from 1800-1807 (vol 15-26). New series from vol.15 with the title: "Curtis's Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden displayed... continued by John Sims...". Third series from 1827.
First volume was published in 1787, but earlier volumes were quickly reissued. (1790?)-1826. Curtis's magazine is still being published today which makes it the oldest running scientific periodical.

Provenance: Collecta Friesia. Elias Fries (1794-1878), famous Swedish mycologist and botanist. His most important work was "Systema mycologicum" published in 1821-32, Thore M. Fries (1832-1913), Robert Fries (1876-1966), Magnus Fries (1917-1987), Robert Fries (b. 1952).
Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
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Auktionsnummer:

6209

Datum:

2015-12-15