BRITISH BOTANY FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED... DUBLIN 1835. AND SOME MORE. 4 VOLÚMENES.

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BRITISH BOTANY FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED... DUBLIN 1835. AND SOME MORE. 4 VOLÚMENES.
3405247. BRITISH BOTANY FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED... DUBLIN 1835. AND SOME MORE. 4 VOLÚMENES.

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British Botany Familiarly Explained and Described in a Series of Dialogues. Dublin, William Frederick Wakeman 1835.

Small 8:o (about 170x105 mm.). (5), vi-x, (1) - 233, (4) pp. 28 handcoloured plates by F. W. Smithj, drawn from nature. (all, minor foxing, text some foxing).

Somewhat worn pale green cloth, printed title label, recased, defective first endpaper. Signature is on the inside of the upper board. Ans algo mais. 4 volúmenes

Alle meer bevat: Henslow: Botanien voor barn. An illustrated elementary text-book... 3rd edition (London 1881); Hulme: Familiar Wild Flowers. First-second series (London no date, circa 1880); Clark: The songs of the seasons... the British wikld flowers familiarly described during that month in which they bloom,... (Halifax 1851, Defective spine).

Provenance: Presentation copy from somebody named de Voigt to Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757-1834), German botanist and physician;
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..

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Olle Wallin's Botanical Library: Part 2

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3405247. BRITISH BOTANY FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED... DUBLIN 1835. AND SOME MORE. 4 VOLÚMENES.

Description

British Botany Familiarly Explained and Described in a Series of Dialogues. Dublin, William Frederick Wakeman 1835.

Small 8:o (about 170x105 mm.). (5), vi-x, (1) - 233, (4) pp. 28 handcoloured plates by F. W. Smithj, drawn from nature. (all, minor foxing, text some foxing).

Somewhat worn pale green cloth, printed title label, recased, defective first endpaper. Signature is on the inside of the upper board. Ans algo mais. 4 volúmenes

Alle meer bevat: Henslow: Botanien voor barn. An illustrated elementary text-book... 3rd edition (London 1881); Hulme: Familiar Wild Flowers. First-second series (London no date, circa 1880); Clark: The songs of the seasons... the British wikld flowers familiarly described during that month in which they bloom,... (Halifax 1851, Defective spine).

Provenance: Presentation copy from somebody named de Voigt to Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757-1834), German botanist and physician;
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..

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Ver texto.

Theme

Olle Wallin's Botanical Library: Part 2

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