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LINNAEUS, CAROLUS. Genera plantarum . . . Editio secunda [i. e., tertia], nominibus Plantarum Gallicis locupletata. 2 folding engraved plates with multiple botanical subjects; folding letterpress table. pages. xxxii, [2], 413, [59] pages. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine ends, raised bands, and cover edges rubbed; some light marginal dampstaining, scattered minor spotting on text leaves, oxidized in a few places not affecting text, plates toned, the second offsetting onto facing page. Paris: (Jean-Baptiste Coignard for) Michel-Antoine David, 1743
Third edition of Linnaeus's botanical classification, "the starting-point of modern systematic botany"--Garrison-Morton 1829 (1737 original edition). Soulsby 299 (this edition).
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