M'ALPINE'S BOTANICAL ATLAS FROM 1883 with coloured plates in 2 volumes.

M'ALPINE, D. The Botanical Atlas. A Guide to the Practical Study of Plants containing Representatives of the leading Forms of Plant Life. I-II. Edinburgh, W. & A. K. Johnston, 1883.

Folio (about 355x280 mm.). 2 coloured titles, 2 printed titles, Dedication leaf, Preface (2 leaves), Contents of vol. II (1 leaf, no content leaf to vol. I), index to illustrations (5 pages), Appendix (1 page), 52 coloured plates, each with an explanatory leaf (all, minor foxing).
Original green cloth, decoration and title on upper boards, vol. I cracked in upper hinge, blank spines. Minor foxing. Old signatures on verso of coloured titles, bookplate and signatures on endpapers. 2 volumes.

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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