A Linnaean Keepsake

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Decorated paper over boards, light brown cloth-backed. Issued to Commemorate the Opening of the Strandell Collection of Linnaeana at the Hunt Botanical Library Carnegie-Mellon University. Preface by GIlbert S. Daniels, an Introductory essay by Birger Strandell, "An Introduction to Linnaeus," including his life and work, and the various Linnaean Centers in Sweden, and then his own writings, and with an Introduction thereto by Telemak Fredbar. 70 pp. Text is set in Spectrum Monotype, the display type is Hunt Roman designed for the Hunt Botanical Library by Hermann Zapf. The facsimile is printed by letterpress by Davis & Warde, Inc. Black-and-white illustrations including facsimile of several works by Carl Linnaeus. Hunt Botanical Library, PittsburghMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.