BENNETT ON BRITISH TRADE BOOKBINDING 1660-1800.

BENNETT, STUART. Trade Bookbinding In The British Isles, 1660-1800
New Castle (Delaware, USA), Oak Knoll Press - London, The British Library, 2004.

4th (about 305x230 mm.). Illustraciones colores,
Redbrownish boards, black cloth spine. Dustjacket. First edition.

Provenance: Olle Wallin (1934-2021), economist who began his professional career working for the Swedish commercial bank Svenska Handelsbanken, after which he was employed by the construction company Beijers, working under Anders Wall.
His interest in books and nature was inspired by his parents, both avid book collectors and interested in natural history. Wallin began collecting seriously after moving to Stockholm in 1970's, and frequently visited the many antiquarian book shops as well as attended the auctions. His line of work also required extensive travel, foremost to the European continent and the US, and he usually took the opportunity to combine the business trips with visits to leading antiquarian book sellers and auction houses. Many of the more important and valuable works in his collection were acquired on those occasions.