





BOERHAAVE'S INDEX ALTER PLANTARUM, 2ND EDITION 1727.
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BOERHAAVE, HERMAN. Index alter plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduno-Batavo aluntur. I-II. Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), apud Janssonius Vander Aa, 1727.
4:o (about 225x170 mm.). (4), 5-6, 9-34 (lacking, as often, the blank *4), (6), 1-320, (2 blank); (2), 1-270, (18) ll. 2 titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes (title to part II dampstained in outer margin), 40 engraved plates (all).
Contemporary vellum, worn, blindtooled frames, warped boards. 1 blank leaf dampstained in outer margin. Some neat marginal and other annotations in a contemporary hand.
The neat marginal annotations in a contemporary hand with references to Petrus Nylandt's Kruydt-Book (1676, Pritzel 6785) and the number of the plant in the own garden and if it is originated from seeds obtained from Boerhaave or Voorhelm (a well-known nursery).
Provenance: Somebody with an own garden with excellent Dutch connections. 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.
Ref, Nissen 186; Pritzel 931; Stafleu: TL-2 593. 2nd edition, the first printed 1720.
Herman Boerhaave (1668-1739), Dutch physician and botanist.
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