Linneaeus´s Fauna Svecica 1761
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FAUNA SVECICA 1761. LINNÉ, CARL VON. Fauna Svecica sistens animalia Sveciæ regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1761.
8vo. (205 x 120 mm.). (48), 90, 92-129, 129-576, 576-578. Engraved frontispiece and 2 folding engraved plates (frontispiece with some spotting, some notes on plates).
Contemporary half calf with richly gilt spine in compartments, worn with split hinges, damage to upper spine, red edges. Some slight foxing. Owner´s signature on inside of cover and notes on front fly leaf. Monogram stamp on title.
Soulsby 1153. Hulth 48. Carlander II, p. 795. Second original edition, with contributions of Linnaeus pupils, enlarged with 816 species. Of particular value for the entomoligical nomenclature.
Adolph Ulric Grill (1752-1797), steel manufacturer at Söderfors bruk and naturalist, member of the Swedish academy of sciences.
Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.
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Auktionsnummer:
679809
Datum:
2019-09-25