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FISHES IN FINE COLOUR PLATES. SUNDMAN, GÖSTA. Finlands fiskar målade efter naturen. The Fishes of Finland Drawn and Coloured from Life. Text O. M. Reuter - A. J. Mela. Helsingfors 1883-1893.

Folio (420x295 mm). Photolithographic title in red and black with illustrations (mended in upper margin), 41 chromolithograph plates (all, plate I with tear in lower margin, XXVIII with small tear in outer margin), woodcut illustrations.
Contemporary brown half leather, worn, somewhat faded gilt spine, damaged at head. Library label pasted on inside of upper board.

First edition. *Dal, pp. 281-3 & 312. Nissen ZBI, 3379. Good copy of the finest natural history colour-plate book produced in Finland in the 19th century. Originally issued in twelve parts. Text lacks to plate XIX, otherwise complete.
Swedish and English parallel text by Odo Morannal Reuter [1850-1913] and Aukusti Johana Mela [prior to 1877 August Johan Malmberg].

Auktionsnummer:

6201

Päivämäärä:

2019-06-14