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RUDBECK´S BOOK OF BIRDS IN FACSIMILE. RUDBECK, OLOF THE YOUNGER / LÖWENDAHL, BJÖRN (ed.). Olof Rudbeck´s Book of Birds. A Facsimile of the Original Watercolours [c. 1693-1710] of Olof Rudbeck the Younger in the Leufsta Collection in Uppsala University Library. I-II. Stockholm, Björck & Börjesson, 1986.
Folio. 443 x 292 mm. 99, (1 blank, 8, 1 blank, 1), (4) pp. and 165 colour plate-leaves. Publisher´s blue cloth with gilt titles on spines. 2 volumes in original gild decorated blue cloth slipcase.
I: Text.
II: Plates.

Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. This is number 240.

As new. Comes paper-wrapped in printer´s delivery box.

Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660-1740), Swedish linguist and naturalist. He lectured on ornithology at Uppsala in 1727-31, with Linnaeus, among others, in the audience. The book of birds was begun already in 1693, but wasn´t published until 1985.

From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:

902158

Datum:

2021-04-22