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Nell`Haia, Appresso Isaco Valliant, 1725. Folio. (4) + 171 + (5) pp. Engraved title-vignette. 24 engraved plates, of which one large folding. Contemporary mottled calf with eight raised bands. Red leather label. Spine richly gilt. Worn at top and bottom of spine. Corners rubbed. Old library stamp on front endpaper verso (Frederiksborg). From the library of Count Adam Gottlob Moltke, with his gilt supralibros on both covers. A description of the Colosseum. The engravings were made by D. Franceschini after drawings by Fontana.. .

Finely bound in 62 near uniform half calfs with gilt spines and red and black leather labels. Marbled endpapers (Bound by G. Hedberg, and from 1943, Levin). To be continued to 1980 in 134 original parts (except: 1928:4, 1975 and 133:1, 1980). + General register for the years 1930-1958 & Genral index 1959-1980. Lunds Botaniska Förenings medlemsblad 1982-98, 25 original parts & Botaniska Notiser vol. 134, 2001 and vol. 135, 2002. One appendix is missing (with reference to Krok) about four pages in volume 1846 and one unpaginated leaf in 1851. Loss of text pp. 129-36 in volume 1865 and pp. 93-94 in volume 1866. Page 103-06, loosely attached in volume 1883. Complete run from 1839-1949 (year 1847-48, 1859-62, 1864 and 1869-70 were not published (Krok pp. 556-558). Lindblom was the editor from 1839-1846, N. J. Andersson 1849-51, K. F. Thedenius 1852-56, Th. M. Fries 1857-58, N. J. Andersson 1863, Fries again 1866-68, and then by C. F. Nordstedt, H. Kylin, N. Sylen, H. Weimarck, H. Hjelmqvist, T. Norlindh, B. Nordenstam, R. Dahlgren, I. Björkqvist, A. Strid, G. Weimarck and Thomas Karlsson. Contains 62 bound volumes and about 170 parts. Provenance: Peter Berström. Botaniska Notiser is Scandinavia’s oldest botanical journal.. .

First editions. Lund, Ex Officina Lundbergiana, 1842-60. XVI, 6609 pp. In 7 volumes. Contemporary half calf, Vols. 1-12 in red half calf. Vols. 13-14 in black half calf. Rubbed. A little foxing. One volume a little waterstained. Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785-1874). Swedish naturalist, professor in Lund and among the pioneers as an entomologist in the Nordic region. Zetterstedts works Insecta Lapponica and Diptera Skandinaviae, are fundamental to the systematics of Diptera. His collections of Scandinavian, Lapland and world Diptera and Orthoptera are in the Zoological Museum of the University of Lund.. .

København 1633. Folio. (380 x 250 mm). (1 blankt) bl. + (18) + 354 + 226 + (1 blank) + 158 + (3) s. + (1 blankt) bl. Kobberstukket portrett av Christian IV. 3 kobberstukne tittelblad. Illustrert med 64 tresnitt med røskenramme i teksten. Samtidig helskinnbind over trepermer. Ryggdekor i gull. Rik gulldekor på for- og bakperm. 2 spenner. Hjørnebeslag. Sisselert snitt. Ryggen fagmessig restaurert ved øvre og nedre kapitél. Spenner forsterket med nytt skinn. Mangler 2 blanke blad, ellers komplett. Portrettet, fortalen og første tittelblad fagmessig restaurert i ytre marg. Svakt brunplettet og noen spredte skjolder, ellers et fint eksemplar.. . Bibl. Danica 1,9.

Nell´Haia, Appresso Isaco Vaillant, 1725. Large folio. (4) + 171 + (5) pp. Engraved title-vignette. 24 engraved plates after drawings by C. Fontana, of which 1 large folding. Contemporary three calf. Spine richly gilt in nine compartments. Top and bottom spine worn. Rubbed. Occasional minor foxing. Stamp to front enpaper verso (Fredriksborg library). Provenance: Adam Gottlob Moltke, gilt supralibros on covers. Extensive work on the Colusseum and the Roman amphitheater.. .

Francofurti, Apud Claudium Marnimum & Hæredes Joannis Aubrii, 1604. 4to (207 x 167 mm). (16) + 449 + (20) pp. Woodcut printer’s device on title. 1 engraved plate. 1 folding table. Lacks one folding table (Residum Parallactica). Illustrated with numerous woodcut diagrams in text. Contemporary vellum. Spine worn with loss of vellum. Lower margin of front endpaper and title neatly repaired with loss of a few letters. Lower margin of the first three leaves neatly repaired and the following three leaves with small tears. Page 231-324 with small hatch in lower outer corner. Last two leaves in index strengthened in upper margin. A few marginal annotations.. . First edition of Kepler’s important and highly significant book on optics, generally considered as the founding of modern optics.

Christiania, Verlag von Johan dahl, 1838-50. Folio. (10) + 516 + (1) s. 3 håndkolorerte foldede kart og 4 håndkolorerte plansjer. Fellestittelblad og tittelblad til hvert hefte. Bundet i ett samtidig sort sjirtingbind med skinnrygg. Ryggdekor i gull og blindpreg. Dekor i blindpreg på for og bakdekkel. Titteltrykk i gull på fordekkel. Ryggen falmet ellers et fint og komplett eksemplar. Et hovedverk i norsk geologi.. .

Stockholm 1925-29. Folio. (375 x 265 mm). 364 handcoloured plates. Illustr. Finely bound in blue morocco (Bernh. Andersson, 1950), spines richly gilt with five raised bands, slightly sunned. Limited edition, No. 11 of 60 copies. A fine set.. .

Amsterdam, apud Joannem Janssonium, 1616. Oblong 4to. (12) + 732 + (2) pp. Engraved title, engraved coat of arms, 26 engraved maps (20 full-page). 101 engraved full-page town views. Contemporary vellum. Red edges with gilt decorations. Small crack in upper joint (4 cm). Old annotation to front endpaper. Stamp on title-page (Gräflich v. Landsberg`sche Bibliothek) and pp. 369 and 401. Views of: Strassburg, Amsterdam, Basel, Bonn, Bergen, Kiel, Köln, Dresden, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Nürnberg, Frankfurt am Main, Prag, Riga, Salzburg, Wien.. .

Lund, C. F. Berling,lh 1832-40. Folio. (37 x 26,5 cm). (148), (152) bl. 200 håndkolorerte litografier. Eleg. priv. håndb. helmaroquinbd. med 5 opphøyde bind. Ryggdekor og permbordyrer i gull. Permbordyre i blindpreg. Topp gullsnitt. Innvendige bordyrer i gull. Marmorert forsats. I marmorerte forede kassetter (Hedberg). Samtlige hefteomslag medbundet.. . Illuminerade figurer till Skandinaviens fauna ble utgitt i 20 hefter i to ulike størrelser. En i 4to og en i folio. Kun 50 eksemplarer ble utgitt i foliostørrelse. Dette eksemplaret er sammensatt av 13 hefter i 4to som er oppklebet til foliostørrelse og 7 hefter i folio. / Full morocco with 5 raised bands. Gilt spine and borders. Top edge gilt. In marbled slip-cases. (G. Hedberg). Bound with original wrappers. 200 plates, coloured by hand. Illuminerade figurer till Skandinaviens fauna was published in 20 wrappers in two different sizes (4to and folio). Our copy is put together by 13 wrappers in 4to re-margined to folio size and 7 wrappers in folio. Only 50 copies was published in folio size.

Kjøbenhavn, Carl Lunds Bogtrykkeri, 1883. Folio. 5 + (1) pp. 212 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary half calf. Gilt spine. Spine a little rubbed. Occasional light spotting. Scandinavian agricultural plants from Flora Danica.. .

Stockholm, Carl Delén, 1803- (1809). 4to (282 x 220) mm. 36 hand-colured and engraved plates. 36 pages with text to plates + 7 pp. text. Finely bound in later half calf. Spine richly gilt. Yellow edges (Signed Nord-Kompaniet, 1930). A fine copy. Rare to find in such a fine state. From the Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven.. . This rare and beautiful Swedish work on flowers and fruit was published by August Pfeiffer who draw 27 of the 36 plates. Other artists that contributed was J. W. Palmstruck and J. G. Ruckman.

Trondheim & København 1776-72. Folio. (377 x 245 mm). (8) + 96 + (4), (4) + 148 + (60) + VIII + pp. 12 engraved plates. Recent brown half calf. Title with some foxing and soiling. Some marginal damp-staing. Occasional minor foxing and soiling. Complete copy with biography and preface.. . Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718-1773). Norwegian bishop and naturalist. Flora Norvegica is the first Norwegian flora, with description of 1118 species. The second volume was published after his death by his nephew Niels Dorph Gunnerus, who also added biographical information about his uncle.

Copenhagen, Peter Haubold, 1673-1680. 4to. Vol. I (1671, 1672): (16) + 316 pp. (Numerous mispaginations). 16 engraved plates. Vol. II (1673): (20) + 376 pp. 24 engraved plates. Vol. III & IV (1674, 1675, 1676): (16) + 174 ( i. e. 176) pp (With a few mispaginations). (Vol. IV): 216 pp. With 15 engraved plates. Vol. V (1677, 1678, 1679): (8) + 352 pp (With mispaginations, pp. 329-342 mispaginated as pp. 319-342). 8 engraved plates. Four title-pages printed in red and black (vol. III & IV are bound together and only title-page for vol. III was printed). 63 engraved plates, of which two are folding. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts in the text. Contemporary vellum with green leather labels. Name on front endpaper (John Fish) and bookplate on title-page verso (John Earl of Bute). Occasional brown spotting.. . A complete copy of one of the first medical journals, and the first medical and scientific periodical to be printed in Scandinavia. With significant contributions by Steno and the Copenhagen biologists. The Copenhagen biologists under the influence of Thomas Bartholin produced five volumes of transactions known as the Acta Medica et Philosopica Hafniensia. The leading authors besides Thomas Bartholin and Niels Steensen (Steno) were Holger Jacobsen (Jacobaeus), Caspar Bartholin, Ole Borch (Borrichius), Ole Worm, Simon Paulli, Johan Rodhe, Caspar Kölichen and others.

St. Petersburgh, 1828. Oblong-folio. (334 x 465 mm). Engraved title-page. 25 + (1) pp. 6 lithographic plates by Arnoud after Chislard. Paralell text in Russian, Swedish, German and French. Contemporary half calf.. .

First edition. Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1907. VI + 147 pp. With two original etchings by Edvard Munch. Illustrated with plates and woodcuts in text.Original wrappers. No. 141 of 400 copies.. .

Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680, (or: Paris, Antoine Cellier, paper pasted on title). Folio. (4) + 227 + (9); 146 + (6) pp. Additional engraved pictorial title, Title-page printed in red and black, 1 large engraved map, 25 engraved plates (of which 21 double-paged, and 4 large folding). Numerous engravings in text. Contemporary full calf with six raised bands. Spine richly gilt. Top of spine with minor loss. Covers a little watertained. Upper margin with minor waterstains, touching a few plates towards the end. An attractive and well preserved copy. Provenance: Valdemar’s Castle, Tåsinge. Carl Juel (1706-1767), bookplate to front pastedown.. . Important work on Japan. First French edition.

København 1606. Trykt av Henrik Waldkirch. Folio. Nyere falset pergamentbd. (2) + 256 + (4) s. 2 ulike kobberstukne tittelbl. Helsides kobberstukket våpenplansje. Helsides portrett av Christian IV og Fabris. 192 kobberstikk (fektescener). Boken skal ha 190 stikk som viser fektescener. I tillegg er 2 løse stikk vedlagt som erstatning for 2 feiltrykte.. . Christian IVs fektebok. Første danske bok om fekting og det første danske kobberstikkverk. Et usedvanlig velbevart og fint eks. Recent full vellum. 2 different engraved titles. Fullpage portrait of Christian IV and Fabris. 190 engravings. 2 additional engravings (substitutes for 2 misprinted). Clean and well preserved copy. First Danish book on fencing and the first Danish book with copper-engravings.

Nürnberg, Christoph Riegel, 1729. Folio. (10) + 626 + 53 + (9) pp. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved vignette on title-page. 12 engraved portraits. 115 engraved plates (the funeral plate joined together). Engraved vignettes. Contemporary full calf with six raised bands. Spine richly gilt. Red label. Signatures on front endpaper (Carl Oxenstierna and U. Celsing). Second latin edition. Fine copy.. .

Coloniae Marchiaæ (Köln), Liebpert, 1696. Folio. A complete, large and well preserved copy. Bound in 3 contemporary full vellum bindings.. .

Nürnberg, Christophorus Riegel Literis Knorzianis, 1696. Folio (362 x 235 mm). Engraved frontispiece. 12 engraved portraits. 114 double-page or folding engraved plates. The large funeral scene is bound as 12 separate plates. Bound in two contemporary full mottled calf. Red label. Gilt spine, gilt Royal Crowns on spine. Rebacked preserving original spine. Occasional brown spotting. Volume I. Name on fly-leaf. A minor waterstain in lower margin. Volume II. Upper joints starting, but still holding firm.. . The writing of this official history of the Swedish wars with Poland and Denmark from 1655 to 1660 was entrusted by king Charles XI to Samuel Pufendorf, a German historian and expert on international law, who held the first chair of history at the new university of Lund (1668-1676) and was the official Historiographer of the Realm from 1676 until 1689. (Sten G. Lindberg: Swedish Books 1280-1967, No 38). Warmholtz: 4840.

London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1808. 4to (330 x 265 mm). 2 dedication leaves. 30 pp. Paralell text in English and French. 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates (Plate No 25 partially hand-coloured). From the library of the Duke of Sussex, with his stamp on the dedication leaf. Finely rebound by Riviere & Son in speckled calf, preserving the original morocco labels on spine with the arms of the Duke of Sussex. Gilt spine. All edges gilt. Without title-leaf. In cloth slipcase.. .

Copenhagen, L`Imprimerie de la maison Royale des Orphelins, 1755. Folio. (473 x 316 mm). (40) + 288 pp. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved portrait. 159 engraved maps and plates. Bound in one contemporary full calf with five raised bands. Green leather label. Spine richly gilt. Sides with gilt fillet border. Inner dentelles gilt. Some minor rubbing to extremities. Bookplate to front pastedown (C. W. H. Sotheby).. .

I.: Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1907. : VI + 147 pp. With two original etchings by Edvard Munch, “Kvinnehode” (Woll 288b) and “Fra Åsgårdstrand” (Woll 289bII). Illustrated with plates and woodcuts in text. Bound with orig. wrappers. No. 297 of 370 copies on “Holzfreiem Papier”. II.: Berlin, Euphorion Verlag, 1927. (2) + 175 pp. Published in 600 numbered copies, this copy is unnumbered. First editions of Shiefler I (with both wrappers) and II (with front wrapper). Finely bound by Ole Olsen in brown morocco. Top edges gilt. Preserved in slipcase.. .

London, Printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757. Stor folio. (12) + XXXIV + 124 + (4) + VIII + 155 + (1) pp. 2 engraved frontispieces. 159 engraved plates and maps, of which several folding. 15 engraved vignettes. 11 engraved initials. Contemporary full calf with 7 raised bands. Green labels. Spine gilt. Large folio. Tear in plate no LXVI. Bookplate on front pastedown. . .