Torén, Olof

Ekeberg, Charles G. Précis historique de l'économie rurale des Chinois. Milan: chez frères Reycends, 1771
Blackford, D. de. Précis de l'état actuel des colonies angloises dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. Milan: chez frères Reycends, 1771

3 works in one volume, 12mo (190 x 110mm.), contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt, red label, UNCUT and partly unopened, printed shelf label on spine, minor wear to extremities

[Dominique] Bugnet, bookseller's ink stamp; V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR, purple ink stamp; Cabinet de Lecture, d'Allart & Co, Lubyanka, Moscow, label on upper cover

Cordier, Sinica 2098, 2098, - ; Löwendahl 559, 556, -; Sabin -, -, 5691

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Torén (or Toreen) was a botanist and priest from Sweden, who went to China with the East India Company in 1750-52. Ekeberg (1716-1784) was a captain in the Swedish East India Company who brought back numerous natural history specimens from his voyages; this work is mostly about Chinese agriculture. See also lot 117.