4 WATERCOLOUR FLOWER PAINTINGS, probably second half of 17th century.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS. 4 watercolour paintings of plants, on paper, probably second half of the 17th century. About 380x250 mm.
From an unpaginated florilegium without descriptions, which later, probably first half of the 18th century, has been given page numbers and names of the plants. Some soliing and minor spotting to outer parts of plates.
New beige cloth binding, paper title "Akvareller" on upper board.

In all 9 plants described.

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 the 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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