4 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS FROM “POMOLOGIE FRANCAISE”, PARIS 1846.

POITEAU, AND. 4 handcoloured engravings, about 440x310 mm., framed and under glass, from Pomologie francaise, Paris 1846.

Consists of plate number 99, 167-68, 208, 375

See Stafleu - Cowen 1546 and Nissen BI:551, 1554

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.