KALM, PEHR.

Wästgötha Och Bahusländska Resa Förrättad År 1742. Med Anmärkningar uti Historia Naturali, Physique, Medicine, Oeconomie, Antiquiteter etc. Jemte nödige Figurer.

Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1746.

8vo. Bound in a contemporary sprinkled half calf with gilt title label and gilt fillets on spine. Five raised bands. With 8 woodcuts in the text. Bookplate to front pastedown and previous owner's signature on title page. One leaf (K1) with loss in margin (approx. 2.5 cm). Some browning, otherwise a clean and well-preserved copy. (8), 304, 14, (2) pp.

Under the guidance of Linnaeus, Kalm completed his studies at the University of Uppsala. At the initiative of Count Bielke, he undertook botanical expeditions to southern Sweden and Finland. The defining event of his life, however, was his journey to North America and Canada, undertaken to discover useful plants capable of withstanding the Scandinavian climate (DSB VII, p. 210).

Order-nr.: 62081