Swedish botanist & taxonomist (1760 - 1818)

Nine famous Swedish doctors, numbered with a key from 28-36. Lithograph by A. Hardh.

Olaf Peter Swartz. Stipple engraving by C. G. Grape, 1801.

Observationes botanicae quibus plantae Indiae Occidentalis aliaeque systematis vegetabilium ed. XIV illustrantur. Earumque characteres passim emendantur : cum tabulis aeneis / auctore Olavo Swartz.

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Observationes botanicae quibus plantae Indiae Occidentalis aliaeque systematis vegetabilium ed. XIV illustrantur. Earumque characteres passim emendantur : cum tabulis aeneis / auctore Olavo Swartz.