WEBER: DIE ALPEN-PFLANZEN... 1872. 4 VOLÚMENES.

WEBER, J. C. The Alpen-Pflanzen Deutschlands und der Schweiz in colorirten Abbildungen nach der Natur und in Naturlicher Grosse. Shit Auflage. With systematic text order by C.A. Kranz. I-IV. Munich, Christian Kaiser, 1872.

12:o (about 125x85 mm.). 400 handcoloured lithograph plates (all).
Original green cloth, worn, lower board to vol. I detached, on upper boards gilt figure, gilt spines, spine to vol. IV minor damage to the head. 4 volúmenes.

Nissen: BBI 2119. First ed. published in 1843/56 and 2nd ed. in 1867.

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.