Thunberg, Carl. Dissertatio Botanica De Moraea. Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1787. [bound With:] 7 - May 11, 2023 | Freeman's | Hindman In Il
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THUNBERG, Carl. Dissertatio Botanica de Moraea. Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1787. [Bound with:] 7

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THUNBERG, Carl. Dissertatio Botanica de Moraea. Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1787. [Bound with:] 7
THUNBERG, Carl. Dissertatio Botanica de Moraea. Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1787. [Bound with:] 7
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THUNBERG, Carl Peter (1743-1828). Dissertatio Botanica de Moraea. Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1787.

[Bound with:] Seven dissertations by Thunberg's students, comprising: COLLIANDER, Zacharias. Morea. 1787. 2 folding engraved plates. -- RUNG, Johannes. Ixia. 1783. -- DANDENELLE, Claudius Abrahamus. Botanica de Hermanniai. 1794. Folding engraved plate. -- LAUR, Johannes. Botanica de Acere. n.d. -- GEVALIN, Johannes Ericus. Protea. n.d. 5 folding engraved plates. -- DJUPEDIUS, Petrus. Gardenia. n.d. 2 folding engraved plates. HAST, Herman Rudolph. Oxalide. [1781]. 2 folding plates.

8vo (185 x 141 mm). Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Provenance: Early marginalia in ink; Beng-Olaf Landin, Swedish natural history professor and collector (sold his sale, Crafoords Auction House, Lund, Sweden, 2010, pencilled marginalia).

Carl Peter Thunberg was a Swedish naturalist and an Apostle of Carl Linnaeus. The Apostles of Linnaeus were a group of students in the latter half of the 18th century who carried out botanical and zoological expeditions throughout the world that were either devised by or approved by Linneaus himself. Thunberg has been called "the father of South African botany." This rare collection of dissertations by Thunberg's students which describe various botanical investigations. Beng-Olaf Landin was noted for his interest in entomology and zoology. Stafleu & Cowan 14.339; 14.340; 14.341; 14.344; 14.351; 14.361; 14.363.

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THUNBERG, Carl. Dissertatio Botanica de Moraea. Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1787. [Bound with:] 7

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