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ADAM, Georges Aragon LouisBiblio.com

Eclairez Votre Religion - Aux Enfants Rouges.

193248563Paris.: Bureau d'Editions et de Diffusion. 1932. Original publisher's tan printed wrappers stapled as issued titles and illustration in black to front cover advertisements to rear. Small 4to. 230 x 184 mm. Leaf with title eight leaves with caricature vignettes by Georges Adam and verse by Aragon recto only two per page final leaf with achevé d'imprimer. André Breton's copy of this very scarce plaquette destined for the children of workers and noted for its virulent 'anticlérical anticapitaliste anticolonialiste antipatriotique' sentiments.This rare pamphlet by Louis Aragon was intended for the children of the exploited masses and as noted by Pierre Juquin was 'anticlérical anticapitaliste anticolonialiste antipatriotique'.Aragon had thrown himself into anti-clericalism after his break with Surrealism and wrote the verses accompanied by Adam's caricatures in Russia. The pamphlet was printed on the presses of 'L'Imprimerie Centrale'.'Pour faire oublier la Commune / Le Sacré-Coeur a vu le jour. / Un beau soir il aura son tour / Ce gâteau blanc comme lune!' From the text.Also included inserted loose is André Breton's membership card filled out in his own hand in black ink giving his address in rue Fontaine and signed beneath for the 'Union Fédérale des Libres-Penseurs Revolutionnaires de France'. A bifolium of blue card the front cover features the vignette of the 'Union' which matches the vignette for Aragon's plaquette. The membership card features Marx's famous slogan 'La Religion c'est l'opium du Peuple!' and a quotation from Lenin as well as fifteen stamps of the Union indicating membership or attendance at meetings nine dated '1932' and three dated '1931' and inscribed 'Octobre' 'Novembre' 'Décembre'.Aragon's plaquette is scarce: we locate copies at the Bibliothèque Nationale in France the Bibliothèque Génève in Switzerland as well as copies at Syracuse Duke Yale Bowdoin and the University of California in the US. Bureau d'Editions et de Diffusion. unknown

SMITH, AdamBiblio.com

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

1801177821Dublin: Printed by N. Kelly and William Porter for P. Wogan Gilbert and Hodges W. Porter J. Moore and B. Dornin 1801. Political economy and the Anglo-Irish union Fourth Irish edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM in a handsome contemporary Irish binding. Towards the end of the Wealth of Nations Smith outlines an expansive and audacious plan for the political-economic consolidation of the British Empire. In this plan Ireland was to be united with Great Britain in a move largely modelled on the Anglo-Scottish union of 1707. Smith stresses the political and economic benefits to the Irish anticipating that the move would end British trade restrictions and even neutralize the fractious nature of Irish politics. Ironically Smith's wider theories of political economy in the Wealth of Nations were often co-opted by Irishmen diametrically opposed to his political proposals most notably the United Irishman Arthur O'Connor 1763-1852 whose approach to democratic land reform was "a radicalised version of Smith's political economy" Andersen. The United Irishmen mounted a rebellion in 1798 the failure of which led to precisely the Anglo-Irish union advocated by Smith. This fourth Irish edition was the first to be published in the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols octavo 204 x 131 mm pp. xiii 1 498; viii 489. 61; lacking blank A1 in vol. II. Tables in the text. Contemporary red straight-grain sheep spines lettered ruled and decorated in gilt covers panelled in gilt marbled endpapers. With 1824 prize inscription in Latin to fourth blank of vol. I. Extremities refurbished light scuffing faint sunning to spines minor foxing and offsetting to contents leaf P6 of vol. II with 7 cm closed tear touching text: a very good copy. Kress B.4448; Tribe 75; Vanderblue p. 20. L. S. Andersen "The Political Economy of Ireland and Its Counterfactuals: Review of James Strafford The Case of Ireland: Commerce Empire and the European Order 1750-1848 CUP 2022" History of European Ideas vol. 50 no. 1 2023. unknown

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SMITH, ADAM -Biblio.com

Om Beskatning" "Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa efter Romerska Väldets undergäng" "Om Handelsbalancen" "Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning samt om Economisterne I Frankrike" "Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne före. - "THE EARLIEST APPEARANCE IN SWEDISH OF A NUMBER OF TRANSLATIONS FROM ADAM SMITH"

179753615Stockholm Henrik A. Nordström 1797-1801. 8vo. Uncut partly unopened in the original wrappers. In 22 volumes as issued. Last volume name written on title-page otherwise an exceptionally fine clean and untouched set rarely seen in this condition. 4102 pp.; 2182 pp.; 2107 pp.; 21571 pp.; 21764 pp.; 41382 pp.; 22051 pp. 1 folded table; 2188 pp; 2190 pp.; 2894 pp.; 41351 pp.; 21161 pp.; 2157 pp.; 2120 pp.; 21511 blank10 pp. 1 folded map; 2215 pp. 1 folded table; 21315 pp.; 4207 pp.; 21831 pp. 1 folded table; 2218 pp.; 21444 pp.; 64491 pp. 5 folded plates."Om Beskatning" Part: 36 37 38:Pp. 145-177"Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa efter Romerska Väldets undergäng" Part: 27 28. Pp. 93-120"Om Handelsbalancen" Part: 2526. Pp. 92-114"Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning samt om Economisterne I Frankrike" Part: 25-26. Pp. 43-92"Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne före Revolutionen". Part: 27-28. Pp.57-62"Om Krono-jord". Part: 293031. Pp 139-146."Theorien för statsskulder". Part: 44 45 46 47 48 49 & 50. Pp. 151-161. First however partial translation of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in Swedish rarely seen in this condition thus making it the very first opportunity for Swedish speakers to study Adam Smith. A more lengthy translation was made in 1909 - 1911 but to this day a full Swedish translation has not been made."Von Schulzenheim nobleman physician country squire and politician also published shorter articles in the review 'Läsning I blandade ämnen' an organ of the opposition to the absolutist and obscurantist regime of Gustavus IV Adolphus. The editor of the review was count Georg Adlersparre an army officer and a political writer who in 1809 was to become one of the prime-movers behind the dethronement of the king. Adlersparre to was an admirer of Adam Smith. In 1799-1800 he published in the 'Läsning' his own Swedish translation of several selections from Wealth of Nations. In some cases Adlersparre added footnotes making it easier for the readers to apply Smith's ideas to Swedish conditions. Those translations to the best of my knowledge were the first ones of Wealth of Nations in Sweden. They were followed by translations of other parts of Wealth of Nations published in 1800 amd 1808. This time the translator was Erik Erland Bodell an official of the Swedish Customs and thus if you like a colleague of Adam Smith." Cheng-chung Adam Smith Across Nations. Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish it still had a profound influence not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English but upon politics and public opinion in general: "There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. .Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century; and as far as I know nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill." Heckscher A survey of economic thought in Sweden 1875-1950.The journal was preceded by Adlersparre's "Läsning för landtmän" 1795-96. The content is a mixture of literature agriculture law philosophy and politics. Apart from the many contributions by Swedish authors "Läsning i blandade ämnen" also contains texts by Kant Gibbon and De Lolme OCLC lists copies at Yale Minnesota and Texas. unknown

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ADAM, VictorBiblio.com

Un An de la Vie d'un Jeune homme

05535Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First edition. Folio 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm. Facsimile cover title. Seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Modern royal blue cloth front cover with facsimile title pasted on. Short marginal tear neatly repaired to lower margin of first plate not affecting image. Plates 2 8 15 & 17 with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. A very good example. One year in the life of a young man. A true story in seventeen chapters. Written by himself and lithographed by Victor Adam. Victor Adam 1801-1865 is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" Ray. A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. The Plates: 1. J'arrive! I arrive! 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. I do not recognize myself anymore. 3. C'est superbe! It is superb! 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! She's looking at me! God what happiness! 5. C'est une femme honnête. She is an honest woman. 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. I couldn't walk. 7. C'est à qui m'aura. Who's going to get me 8. Comment Docteur! How Doctor! 9. Jasmin!.elle avait l'air si ingénu!! Jasmine! . she looked so ingenuous !! 10. Quel guignon! What a mess! 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. Memories! Fi then. 12. Je le savais. I knew it. 13. St. Pelagie.charmant séjour! St. Pelagie. lovely stay! 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! What inhumans! Kick me out! 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. To great ills great remedies. 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. The simpiternal would be my grandmother. 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. We must make an End! I marry him. Bobins V 1523; Hiler p.6; Lipperheide 3561; Ray. Art of the French Illustrated Book 126. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824 unknown

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Rulfo, Juan; Peden, Margaret Sayers (Translator); Mac Adam, Alfred (Introduction); Chagoya, Enrique (Artist)Biblio.com

Pedro Páramo with extra print

CNAP107bSan Francisco: The Arion Press 2016. Hardcover. New. Chagoya Enrique. 12 by 8-1/4 inches 152 numbered pages by coincidence the same number of pages as the first edition for the text and ten unnumbered signatures for the prints consisting of a sheet folded at the fore-edge with die-cut windows and a folded tab to tip into the sewing section and an inserted sheet of Japanese handmade paper making three leaves which adds six "pages" for a total of 212 pages. The paper is Italian mouldmade Magnani Ingres laid. The Japanese paper for the prints is handmade Arokaji koso washi. The type printed by letterpress is Kennerley Old Style designed by Frederic W. Goudy composed and cast in Monotype with handset type for display. The binding is Smyth-sewn with handsewn silk endbands with a three-piece cloth cover green on the sides and blue on the spine foil stamped on the sides with roundels designed by Enrique Chagoya and stamped on the spine with titling. The book is presented in a slipcase in an edition of 300 copies for sale. Each book is signed by the artist. The extra print is entitled "Nahvi Olin" the name of the Mexican painter and poet whose head is depicted in the print. The paper is handmade Japanese Yamekoozo Hadaura It is a nine-color relief print printed from photopolymer plates in black blue green and white inks. The image size is 20-1/2 by 14 inches; the sheet size is 24 by 18 inches. Each print is signed by the artist. This edition with the extra print was issued in an edition of thirty copies. Juan Rulfo’s "Pedro Páramo" is a monument of Mexican literature and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Juan Rulfo was a photographer and a fiction writer known for his two books "El Llano en Llamas" a collection of short stories published in 1953 and the 1955 novel "Pedro Páramo". He was born in Apulco in the Mexican state of Jalisco in 1918 and died in Mexico City in 1986. Gabriel García Márquez said he felt blocked as a novelist after his first four books and that it was only his life-changing discovery of "Pedro Páramo" in 1961 that allowed the composition of his masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Marquez noted that all of Rulfo's published writing put together "add up to no more than 300 pages; but that is almost as many and I believe they are as durable as the pages that have come down to us from Sophocles". Enrique Chagoya has made ten color prints for the book. They are highly unusual in that they are printed on both sides of thin translucent handmade Japanese paper of a tan-brown color. On the front recto are portraits of Mexicans from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries printed in a dark blue with background imagery printed in green on the other side. As Chagoya has written in his artist statement for the book "The drawings are not an illustration of 'Pedro Páramo' because the story does not need illustrations. It is more like a visual duet and instrument playing a counterpoint parallel to the novel." The extra print is presented in a tube with documentation on the outside. It was issued in an edition of thirty copies for sale plus five artist proofs and five publisher proofs all signed by the artist. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover

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SMITH, ADAMBiblio.com

En Undersökning av Folkens Välstånd dess Natur och Orsaker. Översättning av D:r Emil Sommarin. 2 volumes. - FIRST SWEDISH EDITION OF "THE WEALTH OF NATIONS"

190958766Lund C. W. K. Gleerups förlag 1909 & 1911. 8vo. Bound with the original wrappers of volume 1 in one contemporary half blue cloth binding with red leather titel label with gilt lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy. XVI191 4 179 pp. First edition of the first Swedish translation of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work the "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". Smaller parts of the book had previously been translated into Swedish in 1800 1804 and 1869 but the present translation is considered the first actual translation of the work even though some parts have been excluded by translator Emil Sommarin who based his translation the 5th English edition the last edition to be supervised by Adam Smith himself. It is to this date the only Swedish translation of the work which tells us a lot about the history of Swedish economics. Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish it still had a profound influence not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English but upon politics and public opinion in general: "There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. .Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century; and as far as I know nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill." Heckscher A survey of economic thought in Sweden 1875-1950.Translator Emil Sommarin 1874-1955 was a student of Knut Wicksell arguably the most influential Swedish economist and Sommarin succeeded Wicksell's professorship in national economics. Wicksell "came to know his classics very well and became and remained an admirer of Adam Smith. Around 1910 he also assisted his former student and successor as economics professor in Lund Emil Sommarin with the translation of WN still the most complete we have in Sweden. In this connection he wrote to a friend in Uppsala "It is almost unbelievable that we have been denied this masterpiece for 125 years and our economic policy is a result of the omission" Cheng-Chung Lai Adam Smith Across Nations p. 384. hardcover

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ADAM, Victor; MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Leon, illustrator; MIDY, Th[omas]Biblio.com

Les Frères d'Armes

05380Paris: Librairie d'Éducation A. Courcier Éditeur 1860. 'Brothers In Arms' The Italian War of Independence and The Crimean War The Battles of Magenta Kinburn and Malakoff ADAM Victor illustrator & MOREL-FATIO Antoine Léon illustrator. Les Frères d'Armes. Par Th. Midy. Ullustré de six superbes gravures a deux teints par V. Adam et Morel-Fatio. Paris: Librairie d'Éducation A. Courcier Éditeur 1860. First edition. Folio 12 x 8 3/4 inches; 305 x 222 mm. 1-2 half-title verso blank 3-4 vignette title verso blank 5-38 1 table des matières 1 advertsisements pp. Six fine hand colored lithograph plates. Plates lithographed by Sarazin. Publisher's color pictorial boards head and tail of spine chipped joints slightly cracked but still a remarkable survival of a very fragile pictorial binding. The text and hand colored plates bright and fresh. Feint early ink inscription dated 1876 on front free endpaper. The six hand colored lithograph plates include scenes from The Battle of Magenta which was fought in 1959 during the Second Italian War of Independence; the British and French Navy bombarding the Russian coastal fortifications at Kinburn in 1855 after an Anglo-French ground force had besieged them; and the French forces celebrating their attack against the Russian forces and subsequent capture on the Malakoff redoubt on 8 September 1855 as a part of the siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. OCLC locates just one copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Kunstbiblio Staatliche zu Berlin Germany Jean-Victor Adam 1801-1867 was a French painter and lithographer. Born in Paris he was the son of Jean Adam an esteemed engraver. During the years 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and also in the ateliers of Meynier and Régnault. In 1819 he exhibited 'Herminia succouring Tancred.' He was almost immediately afterwards employed to paint various subjects for the Museum at Versailles amongst which are 'The Entry of the French into Mainz' 'The Battle of Varroux' 'The Taking of Menin 'The Battle of Castiglione' 'The Passage of the Cluse' 'The Battle of Montebello' 'The Capitulation of Meiningen;' the last three in association with Alaux. He also exhibited down to the year 1838: 'Henry IV. after the Battle of Coutras' 'Trait of Kindness in the Duke de Berri' 'The Postillion' 'The Vivandiere' 'The Road to Poissy' 'The Return from the Chase' 'Horse-fair at Caen' and numerous other subjects. He then retired from publicity till 1846 when he appeared as the exhibitor of some works in lithography to which branch of art he afterwards restricted himself. In this line he produced a lithographic album 'Views in the Environs of Paris' 'Studies of Animals for an edition of Buffon' &c. He obtained a gold medal in 1824 a second class medal in 1836 besides several others from Lille Douai and other cities. He died at Viroflay in 1866. Antoine Léon Morel later Morel-Fatio 1810-1871 was a French naval painter Peintre officiel de la Marine curator of the naval and ethnographic museum of the Louvre and mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris. He added Fatio in 1844 to distinguish himself from a businessman of the same name. It was apparently in reference to a Swiss branch of the family. The Plates: 1. Bataille de Magenta - The Battle of Magenta 2. Un Marché dans une Petite Ville en Russie - A Market in a small town in Russia 3. Une Noce en Bretagne - A Wedding in Brittany 4. La Flotte Devant Kinburn - The Fleet in front of Kinburn 5. La Flotte Devant Schwaborg - The Fleet in front of Schwaborg 6. Prise de Malakoff - The taking of Malakoff. Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, 1860 unknown

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Smith, AdamBiblio.com

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

1819133843London: Printed for William Allison & J. Maynard; Edinburgh: W. Blair 1819. Early edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo 3 volumes bound in contemporary full calf gilt titles to the spine red and green spine labels. In near fine condition. An exceptional set of this classic work. Adam Smith's masterpiece first published in 1776 is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of and the principles behind modern capitalism. "The history of economic theory up to the end of the nineteenth century consists of two parts: the mercantilist phase which was based not so much on a doctrine as on a system of practice which grew out of social conditions; and the second phase which saw the development of the theory that the individual had the right to be unimpeded in the exercise of economic activity. While it cannot be said that Smith invented the latter theory.his work is the first major expression of it. He begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange.Labour represents the three essential elements-wages profit and rent-and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy Smith passes to its matter -'stock'- which encompasses all that man owns either for his own consumption or for the return which it brings him. The Wealth of Nations ends with a history of economic development a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control.The Wealth of Nations is not a system but as a provisional analysis it is complete convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM. Printed for William Allison & J. Maynard; Edinburgh: W. Blair unknown

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Smith, AdamBiblio.com

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

1799137589London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1799. Early edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo 3 volumes bound in full calf gilt titles to the spine morocco spine labels. In near fine condition rebacked. An exceptional set of this classic work. Adam Smith's masterpiece first published in 1776 is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of and the principles behind modern capitalism. "The history of economic theory up to the end of the nineteenth century consists of two parts: the mercantilist phase which was based not so much on a doctrine as on a system of practice which grew out of social conditions; and the second phase which saw the development of the theory that the individual had the right to be unimpeded in the exercise of economic activity. While it cannot be said that Smith invented the latter theory.his work is the first major expression of it. He begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange.Labour represents the three essential elements-wages profit and rent-and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy Smith passes to its matter -'stock'- which encompasses all that man owns either for his own consumption or for the return which it brings him. The Wealth of Nations ends with a history of economic development a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control.The Wealth of Nations is not a system but as a provisional analysis it is complete convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM. A. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown

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AFZELIUS, Adam and Elias FRIES (editor).Biblio.com

Reliquiae Afzelianae sistentes icones fungorum quos in Guinea collegit et in aere incisas exudi curavit Adamus Afzelius.

1860ABC_47913Uppsala 1860. Folio ca. 40 x 25 cm. Edquist & soc. Modern half brown morocco marbled paper sides. With 12 full-page sepia-toned aquatint plates of mushrooms. 6 pp. plus 12 leaves with plates. Scarce mycological work on fungi in Western Africa. The work describes 30 different species which are illustrated by 12 beautiful and highly detailed full-page aquatint plates. The specimen were found in Sierra Leone and Guinea. Fungi from this region were only more widely studied in the second half of the 20th century so the present work was quite early. It is also scarce as we have only been able to trace one other copy in sales records.Adam Afzelius 1750-1837 was a Swedish botanist. He was a so called 'Apostle of Linnaeus' a member of a group of students who carried out botanical and zoological research throughout the world under the guidance of Carl Linnaeus 1707-1778. Afzelius started working for the British Sierra Leone company in 1789 and made two expeditions to Western Africa with them the first in 1793-1793 and the second 1794-1796. He is one of the very first European botanists known to study fungi in Western Africa. Although his notes drawings and specimens survived the journey his findings were only published posthumously. First in 1837 as part of a dissertation by physician Carl Mauritz Nyman 1813-1886. Azfelius' work was then published on its own in 1860 which is the present edition.The text leaves are 3 cm shorter than the plates and are somewhat browned leaf 3 has been restored in the inner margin without loss of text the first plate is stained in the upper and lower margin without affecting the image. Otherwise in good condition.l Krok p. 7 21b; Pritzel 32; Stafleu 34; Uellner 5; Volbracht 6; cf. Piepenbring M. et all Mapping mycological ignorance - checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa 2020. unknown

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