The Great Book of Birds by Olof Rudbeck the Younger, ,2 volumes: facsimile case and text volume, first German edition of the facsimile after the original from the library of the University of Uppsala, Rudbeck created the 166 bird pictures between 1693 and 1710 in connection with a trip to Lapland, which he undertook at the suggestion of the Swedish King Charles XI. the text volume with historical, art-historical and ornithological commentaries by T. Anfält, G. Broberg, A. Ellenius and G. Brusewitz, brown gilt-stamped full cloth binding, in original cloth case (rubbed), numbered "132/1000" on the inside cover, Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, 48 x 32 x 8 cm. - enclosed: a further copy of the text volume and the facsimile reproduction of the depiction of a tawny owl framed under glass and passepartout, overall size: 68 x 51 cm. Limit 60,-

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