Sparrman´s dissertation for Linnaeus 1768
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SPARRMAN, ANDERS. Iter in Chinam. Dissertation praeses Car. v. Linné. Upsaliae (apud Joh. Edman) no date (1768).
Small 4:o (about 202x170 mm.). (4), 5-16 pp.
Sewn as issued, cut in upper margin, otherwise uncut, partly stained. First edition.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1659, Hulth, p. 139, Soulsby 2393.
Sparrman had sailed with Carl Gustaf Ekeberg as a ship´s surgeon to the East Indies and Canton (Guangzhou) in 1765-1766. He gives in this dissertation a brief account of the voyage and an enumeration of the plants and animals observed by him.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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6228
Datum:
2017-11-21