Linné, Flora Lapponica Linné, C. v. Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes.

Linné, Flora Lapponica Linné, C. v. Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes. Amsterdam, Schouten, 1737. (19,5:12,5 cm). Mit gest. Front. u. 12 Kupfertaf. 20 Bll., 372 S., 6 Bll. Index, 1 B. Emendanda u. 12 Bll. Tafelerkl. Prgt. d. Zt., fleckig, Vorsätze etwas sporenfleckig. Stafleu-C. 4719; Hunt 502; Soulsby 249; Sandberg 42. - Erste Ausgabe, selten. "In the spring of 1732, sponsored by the Uppsala Society of Science, he made a trip to Lapland that lasted until the fall. His account of the journey ... gives vivid evidence of his joy in the unfamiliar world of the Scandinavian mountains, in which he studied the unknown alpine flora and Lapp costums" (DSB VIII, 375). "Linnaeus worked on the present volume during his sojourn in Leyden and at the Clifford estate at Hartecamp in Holland ... Botanists had waited for it expectantly, and they received it with acclaim" (Hunt). Das Frontispiz von Hofmann nach A. van der Laan gestochen. - Etwas fleckig, tlw. mit kleinem Wasserrand. First edition, scarce. With engr. front. and 12 folding engraved plates. - Some staining or waterstaining. Contemp. vellum, stained, slight mildew traces to endpapers.