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69 2532 Botany Linnaeus C 69/2532 [Botany]. Linnaeus, C. Philosophia botanica in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum, adjectis figuris aeneis. Vienna, J. Thomas 1783, 2nd ed., (6),360p., 10 engr. plates, contemp. calf. - Waterstained in lower and inner margin throughout (worse in first part). = Cf. (both concerning ed. 1751) Hulth 72; Soulsby 437. One of Linnaeus' major works, of great importance for the development of systematic botany. Dieterich, C.F. Pflanzenreich nach dem neuesten Natursystem (...) Carl von Linne. Leipsic, C. Fritsch, 1775, 2 vols., (16),688; (2),689-1332,(27)p., 1 woodcut and 1 engr. title-vignette, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece. - Yellowed. Vol. 2 lacks sm. portion of letterpiece; vol. 1 top of spine chipped; both spines creased; binding sl. worn (along extremities).