SWEDISH LANGUAGE (15).

A Collection of older writings concerning the Swedish language, eloquence, spelling, poetics, etc. SCHULZ VON SCHULZENHEIM, DAVID. Notes on the writing style of the Swedish language. Stockholm 1807 (spotted contemporary cardboard binding). + FOUND. Observationes de Poësi Svecana recentiori expositura. Diss. Uppsala, 1808 (later cardboard binding). + LILY STRAW HLE. Speech [...] on the art of speech, its uphof and connection with the sciences &c. &c. Stockholm, 1784 (booklet, presidential speech in the Academy of Sciences). + VON BESKOW. About Swedish dictionary companies of the past. Stockholm, 1857 (booklet, presidential address in the Academy of Sciences). + LENSTRÖM. On the influence of Viking raids on medieval poetry. Literary-historical thesis. Copenhagen, 1841 (stapled, uncut, with spine strip, dedication on first blank page). + SAHLSTEDT. Attempts at a Swedish grammar, according to the nowadays common way, the common way of speaking and writing. Stockholm, 1747 (uncut, in somewhat stained contemporary gray paper wrapper). + CELSIUS. Talk about taste in the Swedish, both bound and unbound wetness. Stockholm, 1768 (taken from tape, Bergsskolan's library stamp, presidium speech at the Academy of Sciences). + TESSINA. Excellent speech about the reputation and cultivation of the Swedish language. Stockholm, 1746 (marbled later cardboard binding). + (ENBERG) Swedish language learning published by the Swedish Academy. Stockholm, 1836 (uncut, in worn and stained contemporary gray cardboard binding). + IHRE. Draft of lectures on the Swedish language, and a closer knowledge of the thesis. Uppsala, (1745) (hardback, in sunny and worn contemporary gray paper cover). + COLUMBUS. A Swedish vocabulary regarding letters, words and sayings. With introduction, notes and index published by Gust Stjernström and Adolf Noreen. Uppsala, 1881 (marbled later cardboard binding, bound cover, first printed edition). + (EKENDAHL). Swedish legal spelling in accordance with the spelling of the Swedish Academy also appendices on the runes and on customary titles. Strängnäs, 1852 (marbled later cardboard binding, the table of contents with text loss). + ISERHIELM. Observationes in lingua suecanam, circa examen tractatus JJ Pfeiffi De habitu instauratione sermonis suecani. (Stockholm, 1713?) (worn near contemporary half-French binding, Magnus von Platen bookplate). + HERMANSON (pres.). Tentamina nonnulla, de poësi svecana antiqua et hodierna. Uppsala, (1734) (patterned later cardboard binding). + NICANDER. Unfathomable notes on the Swedish skald art... Stockholm, 1737 (worn and stained marbled contemporary cardboard binding).

15 volumes in all.

Provenance: Clas Ifvarsson (1941-2012), CEO and CEO of Stockholm Stadshus AB. Former CEO of a couple of companies within the city of Stockholm and for a period active in municipal politics. His impressive book collection consisted for the most part of Swedish wit from the 17th-19th centuries, but also of many other important works with an emphasis on Sweden. Ifvarsson was very interested in cultural history and was also a committed and knowledgeable collector, which was evident in his extensive library.