New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus: Comprehending an Elucidation of the Several Parts of the Fructification A Prize Dissertation of the Sexes of the Plants" A full Explanation of the Classes, and Orders of the Sexual System
by Thornton, Robert John
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- first
- Condition
- Contemporary olive morocco elaborately panelled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Small area of loss to top of s
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The present volume includes all of the portraits and plates listed by Dunthorne (including the often lacking plate of coffee), plus many additional anatomical and other plates not noted by Dunthorne. This example without the three plates relating to tea or the folding plates of Vesuvius noted by Dunthorne as occuring only in some copies. Dunthorne 303; Nissen 1955; Great Flower Books, p. 143
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- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
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- 323373
- Title
- New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus: Comprehending an Elucidation of the Several Parts of the Fructification A Prize Dissertation of the Sexes of the Plants" A full Explanation of the Classes, and Orders of the Sexual System
- Author
- Thornton, Robert John
- Format/Binding
- Two parts in one; without the third part comprising the Temple of Flora. Engraved titles and tables, allegorical frontispiece, p
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary olive morocco elaborately panelled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Small area of loss to top of s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Publisher by T. Bensley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Botany
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