BRANDT AND OTHERS ON GERMANY'S POISONOUS PLANTS 1838.

BRANDT, J. F.- PHOEBUS, P. - RATZEBURG, J. T. C. Abbildung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland wild wachsenden und im Gärten im Freien ausdauernden Giftgewächse nach natürlichen Familien erläutert. I-II. Berlin, bei August Hirschwald, 1838

4:o (272x218 mm.). (10), (1)-200; (7), VIII-XII, (1)-114 pp. 48 partly handcoloured plates + 9 fully handcoloured plates (all, minor foxing, text partly foxed).
New grey cloth. (Marlis Egli). Part I second edition, part II first edition.

Nissen 226; Pritzel 1091; Stafleu: TL-2 708.
Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802-1879), German botanist, at St. Petersburg from 1832 onwards.

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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