Sale: 559 / Rare Books, Nov. 25. 2024 in Hamburg Lot 423000683

 

423000683
Sven Nilsson
Illuminerade figurer till Skandinaviens fauna, 1832-1840.
Estimate: € 2,000 / $ 2,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Sven Nilssen
Illuminerade figurer till Skandinaviens Fauna, med Text utgifne. 2 Bände. Lund, C. F. Berlin 1832-1840.

Ein Klassiker der schwedischen naturkundlichen Literatur. Behandelt hauptsächlich Vögel und Säugetiere.

Erste Ausgabe (Lieferungen 1-4 im zweiten Druck, erstmals 1829 erschienenen). - Der Zoologe und Archäologe Sven Nilsson (1787-1883) war u. a. Direktor des Naturkundemuseums in Stockholm. "The work deals only with mammals and birds, chiefly birds, and like the same author's Skandinavisks fauna , in particular, it has contributed to animate and increase Swedish interest in studies and observations of animal life." (Anker)

EINBAND: Halblederbände der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. 28,5 : 20 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 200 kolorierten lithogr. Tafeln. - KOLLATION: 8, 138 nn. Bll.; 6, 146 nn. Bll. - ZUSTAND: Stellenw. leicht stockfleckig, Ränder leicht gebräunt. Kanten berieben, Deckel lichtrandig.

LITERATUR: Nissen, Vögel 678. - Anker 365. - Wood S. 493: "A fine example of zoological atlas with descriptive text."

A classic of Swedish zoological literature. First edition, originally published in parts from 1829 on (part 1-4 in second issue 1832). With 200 col. lithogr. plates (163 of which depicting birds, 37 depicting mammals). Contemp. half calf with gilt title on spine. 2 vols. - Slightly foxed in places, paper margins slightly tanned. Edges rubbed, boards sunned in places.




423000683
Sven Nilsson
Illuminerade figurer till Skandinaviens fauna, 1832-1840.
Estimate: € 2,000 / $ 2,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.