320. HEDINS MEMORY OF VON LINNÉ FATHER AND SON 1808 and others. 3 volumes.

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320. 2856894. HEDINS MEMORY OF VON LINNÉ FATHER AND SON 1808 and others. 3 volumes.

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HEDIN, SVEN. Memory of von Linné father and son. I-II. Stockholm, H. A. Nordström, 1808.

8th (approx. 205x120 mm.). (8), (1)-136; ((5), 6-102, ((8) p. 1 engraved frontispiece portrait (1 portrait, of Linnaeus, missing, the portrait of Linnaeus' son enhanced in upper margin and stained), 2 engraved plates (all).
Early 20th century red half morocco binding, marbled endpapers, richly gold decorated spine with five raised bindings, green title field, red upper cut, otherwise near uncut. (Hedberg). 1 leaf in part II mended in outer margin, some leaves at the end of part I damp stained in lower inner margin, otherwise single damp stains. With several in similar bands. 3 volumes.

etc. Includes: Orbis eruditi. Judicium de Caroli Linnaei M. D. scriptis. Stockholm 1741. Facsimile print Berlin, W. Junk, 1902; Linnaeus: Opera hactenus inedita ... edidit Ewaldus Ährling, Örebro 1873. Flora Dalecarlica.

Provenance: Karl Joar Westman (1939-2022) was a lawyer and banker, also an entrepreneur in India and Sri Lanka. He was a devoted collector of antiques, paintings, sculpture, arts and crafts and not least books. KJ Westman followed all book auctions from his student days and often visited countless second-hand bookshops. The travelogues of older times particularly interested him, but he was also fascinated by the book craft itself and therefore had many beautiful volumes in his collection. He was the son of the Prime Minister and Professor K. G. Westman and his wife Margit, née Printz.

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320. 2856894. HEDINS MEMORY OF VON LINNÉ FATHER AND SON 1808 and others. 3 volumes.

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HEDIN, SVEN. Memory of von Linné father and son. I-II. Stockholm, H. A. Nordström, 1808.

8th (approx. 205x120 mm.). (8), (1)-136; ((5), 6-102, ((8) p. 1 engraved frontispiece portrait (1 portrait, of Linnaeus, missing, the portrait of Linnaeus' son enhanced in upper margin and stained), 2 engraved plates (all).
Early 20th century red half morocco binding, marbled endpapers, richly gold decorated spine with five raised bindings, green title field, red upper cut, otherwise near uncut. (Hedberg). 1 leaf in part II mended in outer margin, some leaves at the end of part I damp stained in lower inner margin, otherwise single damp stains. With several in similar bands. 3 volumes.

etc. Includes: Orbis eruditi. Judicium de Caroli Linnaei M. D. scriptis. Stockholm 1741. Facsimile print Berlin, W. Junk, 1902; Linnaeus: Opera hactenus inedita ... edidit Ewaldus Ährling, Örebro 1873. Flora Dalecarlica.

Provenance: Karl Joar Westman (1939-2022) was a lawyer and banker, also an entrepreneur in India and Sri Lanka. He was a devoted collector of antiques, paintings, sculpture, arts and crafts and not least books. KJ Westman followed all book auctions from his student days and often visited countless second-hand bookshops. The travelogues of older times particularly interested him, but he was also fascinated by the book craft itself and therefore had many beautiful volumes in his collection. He was the son of the Prime Minister and Professor K. G. Westman and his wife Margit, née Printz.

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Books, Maps & Manuscripts Spring 2023

VIEWING 8–13 June, Nybrogatan 32, Stockholm

OPENING HOURS Monday–Friday 10am–6pm. Saturday–Sunday 11am–5pm

There is a scent in old libraries that can hardly be compared to anything else. Like a historical perfume that can transform day into night, winter into spring. Behind heavy old wooden doors, it can age like a fine bottle of wine. And when the door, like the cork of a bottle, opens up to release its vapors, it becomes an atmosphere of famous wings, curious events, intriguing stories, and remnants of bygone scientists, historians, poets, writers, a few chefs, cartographers, and many others whose words and images were once printed and thus, if not immortalized, at least made timeless for a few centuries. All of that can now be experienced at Stockholms Auktionsverk as they open the doors to the long-awaited auction of Books, Maps, and Manuscripts.

Here, an impressive selection of texts, writings, volumes of all kinds, maps, and other miscellaneous items within the field are presented. Among the latter is a miniature globe in a fish skin case from the 18th century. It is a remarkable object and bears no resemblance to the Skånska Gruvornas poster for the General Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1897. In it, we find examples of the graphic expressions and advertising art of the turn of the previous century. Alongside Samuel Bourne's photographs from India, they are part of the outskirts of the auction but can still generate great interest. Der Türkische Schau-Platz from the 1680s, with no fewer than 137 woodcuts, is a true rarity. The same can be said of the volume containing Otto von Guericke's famous hemispherical experiments, published in Amsterdam in 1672. The splendid Flora Danica, consisting of 17 volumes, is another highlight of the auction, filled with as much botany as one could ever desire.

But these are just a few samples from an auction that encompasses a vast array of fantastic printed materials accumulated over centuries of Gutenbergian dreams, forward-looking scientific ideals, and, not least, a great deal of imagination!

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