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G. C. Nauk, Berolini [Berlin], 1797. Hardcover. Good. The work that established binomial nomenclature and the naming of plants, by Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). This edition in four volumes produced under the direction of Karl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812), German botanist, taxonomist, and the director of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Four volumes across eight physical books, complete. Volume one (1797), books 1-2; volume two (1799), books 3-4; volume three (1800), books 5-7; volume 4 (1805), book 8. Brown half-leather and papered boards, with gilt titling and five raised bands at spines; moderate edgewear, including frayed edges and corners; leather cracked at spines; minor loss to spine heads of books one, six, and seven. Spines square. Front hinge cracked through at book one, with exposed threads holding; outer hinges of book eight starting; both else intact, and all other bindings sound. Possibly an early rebind - endsheets are not contemporary to pages, but do not… Read More