FAUNA SVECICA Sistens Animalia Sveciae Regni: Quadrupedia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes, Distributa per Classes & Ordines, Genera & Species. Cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Autorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Habitationum Descriptionibus Insectorum.
Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii, 1761. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very good condition. Item #020301
[xlviii], 578 pages of text including an index. Original 18th century full calf binding is moderately rubbed and worn; rebacked preserving the original spine. Endpapers renewed. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece and two fold-out engraved plates. The text is clean and unmarked. The inner and outer front hinge is slightly weakened. Second edition, enlarged and improved by providing entomological nomenclature. PROVENANCE: previous owner's label affixed neatly to inside front cover of British lepidopterist Lionel George Higgins (1891-1985). BIBLIOGRAPHY: Soulsby 1153; Hulth p.48.
Price: $1,475.00