Anders Johan Retzius (b. 1742, d. 1821)
Anders Johan Retzius: Observationes botanicae sex fasciculis comprehensae. [...]. 6 parts. Leipzig: 1779–91. 1st ed. Folio. With engraved portrait and title page with engraved vignette + 19 plates, folding. Pp. 1–38, 1–28, 1–76, 1–30, 1–32, 13–67. A few mispaginations. Bound in one cont. half calf, worn spine label, red edges.
Nissen: BBI 1622.
Provenance: With the book plate of Ashton Allis, later the Danish pharmacist Sven-Erik Sandermann Olsen (1920–2016).
With old book plates and annotated on paste down and flyleaf. Internally clean.
Antiquities, furniture, decorative art, carpets and books, 22 September 2021