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LINNÉ, CARL VON (LINNAEUS). Hortus Cliffortianus plantas exhibens quas in hortis tam vivis quam siccis, Hartecampi in Hollandia, coluit vir nobilissimus & generosissimus Georgius Clifford, juris utriusque doctor, reductis varietatibus ad species, speciebus ad genera, generibus ad classes, adjectis locis plantarum natalibus differentiisque specierum. Cum tabulis æneis... Amstelaedami (Amsterdam) 1737.
Folio (390x250 mm.). (32), I-X, 1-231, (1 blank), 301-501, (17) pp. Engraved allegorical frontispiece of the Hortus Cliffortianus by and after Jan Wandelaar (dated 1738), Wandelaar's 1-page explanation of the frontispiece, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette A. van der Laar. Linnaeus's dedications to George Clifford and to the ‘botanical reader’, the dedications dated 30 July 1737.
36 engraved plates by Jan Wandelaar and others (20 after Georg Dionysius Ehret; complete, some very minor foxing).
Modern dark brown full richly gilt morocco, gilt inner borders, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled edges (J. M. Romeo, Barcelona, 1988). Marbled case, partly worn. The volume is cut too close and tightly bound so there are occasional horizontal creases all through). Very minor foxing, from page 493 to the end some dampstaining in lower outer corner.
First edition privately published by George Clifford for his friends in a very limited number. Only a few copies were for sale. With this work Linnaeus introduced the terms "species" and "variety" under the genus concept in describing plants for the first time in the history of botany,.
An abridgement was published with the title "Viridiarum cliffortianum" in Amsterdam 1737 (Soulsby 331).
Ref. Soulsby 328; Hulth pp. 27-28; Sitwell: Great Flower Books (1990) p. 115; Pritzel 5408*; Stafleau: TL-2 4719.
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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