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Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes, secundum systema sexuale collectas in itinere impensis Soc. reg. litter. et scient. Sueciae a. 1732 instituto. Additis synonymis, & locis natalibus omnium, descriptionibus & figuris rariorum,
by Linnaeus (Linne, Linnaei, Caroli). Edited by James Edward Smith
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
London: J. Davis for B. White et Filiorum, 1792. Engraved frontispiece, twelve folding plates with slight offsetting but otherwise good, octavo, pp l, 390, [16], light age-toning and occasional light foxing, bound in twentieth century brown morocco with red cloth sides, slight fading and very slight wear. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby, a founding father of the Alpine Garden Society. [In the first edition of Flora Lapponica (1737] Linnaeus's ideas about nomenclature and classification were first used in a practical way, making that the first proto-modern flora. This upddate by Smith, cites Linnaeus as the main author and uses Linnaeus' binomial nomenclature.]. Second edition. Half-Leather. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018826
- Title
- Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes, secundum systema sexuale collectas in itinere impensis Soc. reg. litter. et scient. Sueciae a. 1732 instituto. Additis synonymis, & locis natalibus omnium, descriptionibus & figuris rariorum,
- Author
- Linnaeus (Linne, Linnaei, Caroli). Edited by James Edward Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- J. Davis for B. White et Filiorum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1792
- Keywords
- lapland.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras; Botany; Early works;
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Mike Park Ltd
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About Mike Park Ltd
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