Svenska Linne-Saellskapets Aarsskrift, 1920-21
by Svenska Linne-Saellskapets
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- V.g./No Jacket
- Seller
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Uppsala, 1920. Aargang 3 & 4 only. Half leather, gilt . V.g./No Jacket. Bookplate of 'P.W.'; attractively bound in purple leather, spine with five raised bands, floral gilt decoration, gilt title. Frontispiece: monochrome photograph of Crown Princess Margareta. Contents of vol. 3 include articles on: Tycho Tullberg, Linnaeus' vocabulary, Celsius and Flora Uplandica, early investigations of the N. American flora (especially by Linnaeus and Kalm), and Linnaeus' Scanian travels. Pages 122-132 report proceedings of the Society. (8), 132 pp. Contents of vol. 4 include Linnaeus and Pharmacopoeia Suecica, a revision of Kalm's herbarium, Linnaeus and Baeck, and a report on the Linnaean botanic garden for 1920. Proceedings occupy pp. 137-160.
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- Bookseller
- Acanthophyllum Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2599
- Title
- Svenska Linne-Saellskapets Aarsskrift, 1920-21
- Author
- Svenska Linne-Saellskapets
- Format/Binding
- Half leather, gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Aargang 3 & 4 only
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Uppsala
- Date Published
- 1920
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