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Lot 57
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$1,280
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[NATURAL HISTORY]. LINNAEUS, Carl (1707-1778). A group of 14 works by and about Linnaeus, including:
Oratio, Qua Peregrinationum Intra Patriam Asseritur Necessitas. Upsalla: Carolino Majori, 1741. -- Flora Zeylandica. Amsterdam: J. Wetstenium, 1748. -- Systema Naturae. Stockholm: Laur. Salvii, 1767. 2 volumes. -- Philosophia Botanica. Vienna: Joannis Thomae, 1783. -- Amoenitates Academicae. Erlangen: Jacobi Palm, 1785. -- SMITH, James Edward (1759-1828). A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus and Other Naturalists from the Original Manuscripts. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. 2 volumes. -- SMITH. Memoir and Correspondence. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1832. 2 volumes.
And 7 others. Together, 14 works in 22 volumes, most in later bindings, various 8vo and 4to sizes. Condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.