Genera Plantarum eorumque Characteres Naturales, secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium

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Genera Plantarum eorumque Characteres Naturales, secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium

By Linne, Caroli V.

SKU# 16203

$ 500.00

Pp. xx, 580, (23, index), (19, Ordines Naturales index), (1, errata), (1, Emendanda in Speciebus Plantarum). Original one-quarter dark brown polished leather, spine with 4 raised bands with blind-stamped decorations above and below each raised band, titled in one compartment, over marbled paper-covered wooden boards, spectacled page edges, 8vo. Describes 1,239 genera and contains and contains two the important indexes. The title page is printed in red and black. According to Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus (1933), compiled by B. H. Soulsby, “some copies of this edition have a portrait of Linnaeus by P. Tanje,” the copy offered here does not have the portrait. Soulsby 305. No ownership marks.

Publisher Laurentii Salvii
Publisher Place Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)
Date Published 1764
Date Published Estimated No
Edition Sixth edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Very good
Condition Description Title page and dedication page lightly browned, light shelf wear to binding, gilt on the spine is dull; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.
ISBN
Limited Edition