Johan Fischerström:

Nya swenska economiska dictionnairen. Eller försök til et almänt och fullständigt lexicon, i swenska hushållningen och naturläran. 1-4. [With:] Supplement to parts 1-3.

Stockholm 1779-1792 & 1806; & 1796. 8vo. (20,5 x 12,5 cms.) XVI + 804; + 532; + 518; + 512; + 10 pp. + 27 partly folding engraved plates. With 5 engraved vignettes and 4 engraved vignettes on titles.

Four volumes, slightly worn. Parts 1-3 with renewed marbled paper over boards and neat repairs, occasional soiling and staining, third volume wavy from damp. Several plates have not been cut apart but remain together on one leaf. Ownership inscription ”W. Gadolin”, stamp of Hilda Grönholm, Kumo. With the scarce appendix and the extended explanation to the plates in volume 4.

Among other topics the plates illustrate the 238-page article on Bees and Beekeeping.

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