Search Results: Carl Linnaeus from Natural History Books

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1894.. Near fine copy.. Pp. 60, 12 illustrations. Half green cloth over marbled boards (original wraps bound in), 12mo. See Soulsby (BM) 2730 and 2831. From: oreskrifter for folket, no. 15.

Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden): Laurentii Salvii, 1764. Sixth edition.. Title page and dedication page lightly browned, light shelf wear to binding, gilt on the spine is dull; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xx, 580, (23, index), (19, Ordines Naturales index), (1, errata), (1, Emendanda in Speciebus Plantarum). Original one-quarter dark brown polished leather, spine with 4 raised bands with blind-stamped decorations above and below each raised band, titled in one compartment, over marbled paper-covered wooden boards, spectacled page edges, 8vo. Describes 1,239 genera and contains and contains two the important indexes. The title page is printed in red and black. According to Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus (1933), compiled by B. H. Soulsby, "some copies of this edition have a portrait of Linnaeus by P. Tanje," the copy offered here does not have the portrait. Soulsby 305. No ownership marks.

Stockholm: Aktiebolaget Ljus, 1907, 1st edition.. There is some foxing to the plates which generally affects the plate margins only, otherwise very good.. Pp. 187, color frontispiece, 20 black and white plates, some text-figures. Early plain black cloth without title, early brown wrappers with printed title, 4to. This volume presents a detailed discussion of the portraits of Linneaus. Text in Swedish. Soulsby 3321.

Stockholm: LTs Forlag AB, 1995, 1st edition.. Near fine.. Pp. 190, numerous color photos. Pictorial boards, sm 4to. A nicely illustrated work - with excellent color photos. Text is in Swedish.

Utrecht, The Netherlands: A. Oosthoek's Uitgeversmaataschappij, N.V., 1971. First edition.. Dust jacket spine is lightly sunned; fine (as new) copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xvi, 386, (1); 71 illustrations, many are full page. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, green endpapers, original pale green printed dust jacket, 8vo. Published for the International Association for Plant Taxonomy. A very well illustrated and researched work on how Linnaean concepts spread throughout the known scientific world. No ownerships marks and no signs of use.