Publication Date: 1775
Seller: Mats Rehnström Rare Books SVAF, ILAB, Stockholm, Sweden
Condition: Good. Stockholm, C. Stolpe, 1775. 8:o. 61,(1) pp. Sewn as issued. Uncut and unopened. Spine slightly faded. Front wrapper with a crayon numbering. Occasional foxing. With the neat old stamps from the Classenske library. "Thorough description of breeding of turkeys and their care". Hebbe Den svenska lantbrukslitteraturen 1656. The Classenske library in Copenhagen was founded through a donation of the private book collection, comprising around 20000 volumes, which belonged to the Danish businessman Johan Frederik Classen (1725-92). The donation also included funds to keep the library open to the public and to new acquisitions. Classen's brother donated funds to build a house for the library. 1867 the library was divided between Copenhagen University Library and Landbohøjskolen (agricultural school). Many duplicates has been sold over the years from the original book collection.
Seller: Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF, Copenhagen, Denmark
First Edition
Stockholm, Merckell, 1750 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands. Traces from old paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, missing small part of leather to lower part of front board. Internally fine and clean. (18), 226 pp. (Including the double-page title-page in black and red with vignette). Rare first edition of this collection of tribute sermons and pangyrics of three Swedish princes, Prince Gustaf, Prince Carl and Prince Fredrik Adolph, born during King Frederick I's reign. OCLC only list two copies (in Stockholm, Sweden and Harvard, US).