AGARDH, NEES VON ESENBECK, AND ROTH ON ALGAE. 3 WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, 1817, 1814, AND 1797.

AGARDH, CARL ADOLPH. Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universale algarum. Lundae, Ex officina Berlingiana, 1817
Small 8:o (about 175x103 mm.). (5), VI-XL, (1)-135, (1 blank) pp. BOUND WITH:

NEES VON ESENBECK, C. G. Die Algen des süssen Wassers und ihren Entwicklungsstufen dargestellt. Bamberg, bey C. F. Kunz, 1814.
Small 8:o (about 175x103 mm., closely trimmed with some minor letter losss). (2), (3), iv, (1)-48, (2, last blank) pp. BOUND WITH:

ROTH, ALBRECHT WILHELM. Bemerkungen über das Studium der cryptogamischen Wassergewächse. Hannover, bei den Gebrüdern Hahn, 1797.
Small 8:o (about 175x103 mm.). (5), 6-109, (3, last blank) pp.

Contemporary somewhat worn brown mottled half cal, gilt spine. Old monogram stamp "JZ" on endpapers.

Provenance.. Probably Johan Zetterstedt (1785-1874), professor of botany at Lund and a wellknown entomologist; 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. The first work: Stafleu: TL-2 38; Krok Bibliotheca botanica suecana 28. Carl Adolph Agardh is widely held as the founder of scientific algology and his classification system for algae is presented for the first time in this work.
The Second work: Stafleu: TL-2 6674; Pritzel 6642*
The Third work: Stafleu: TL-2 9630; Pritzel 7801*.

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