



BATSCH'S POPULÄR BOTANY FOR LADIES 1799.
Sold for | 2 700 SEK |
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Klubbas | Closed |
Hus | Stockholms Auktionsverk Nybrogatan 32 |
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BATSCH, AUGUSTE JEAN GEORGE CARL, Botanique pour les Femmes et les Amateurs de Plantes.. mis en francais, et augmenté de notes et d'autres additions, par J. Fr. B********* (Bourgoing). Weimar et se trouve à Paris et Strasbourg chez Treuttel et Würtz, 1799.
8:o (about 202x115 mm.). (5), vi-xvi, (1)-198 pp. 4 folding handcoloured engraved plates (all).
Contemporary somewhat worn brown calf, gilt spine, speckled edges. Some minor foxing. Armorial bookplate of the earl of Granard.
August Johann George Carl Batsch (1761-1802), German botanist at Jena, professor of botany.
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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