Genera plantarum Paris 1743
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2015-06-16
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| Sold for | 2400 SEK |
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| Estimate | 3 000-4 000 SEK |
LINNÉ, CARL VON. Genera plantarum... Editio secunda [i.e. tertia], nominibus Plantarum Gallicis locupletata. Paris (M. A. David) 1743.
8vo. (2), iii-xxxii, (2), 413, (59) pp. 2 folding engraved plates, 1 folding table (all, some minor foxing).
Contemporary full calf, richly gilt spine in compartments with red title label, slight damage, red edges. Flyleaves with some old scribble. Minor spots.
Soulsby 299, Hulth 23-24. This is in fact the 3rd edition, not the second, of Linnaeus botanical classification. "The starting point of modern systematic botany" (Garrison-Morton). With additions from Classes Plantarum (1738). First published in 1737.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
