Linnaeus on Scania, 1751, with engraved map and plates

Carl von Linné:

Skånska resa, på höga öfwerhetens befallning förrättad år 1749. Med rön och anmärkningar uti oeconomien, naturalier, antiquiteter, seder, lefnads-sätt. Med tilhörige figurer.

Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1751. 8vo. (19,2 x 11,5 cms.) [10] + XIV + 468 pp. + 1 folding engraved map of Scania and 6 engraved plates (5 folding). Woodcut illustrations in text. Title and page [5] printed in red & black.

Lightly worn contemporary half calf, raised bands to spine, top of spine a little chipped. Without front flyleaf, old monogram inscription on title, old stamp partly erased, lowermost 1 cm of leaf B1 cut away, and a few more leaves in gathering B with a dark stain in lower margin. Tear to map repaired on verso, one plate slightly spotted, one a little creased.

Soulsby, A catalogue of the works of Linnæus, 209. First edition. Page 26 with the text variant ”Gödselen”, as often.

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