A system of vegetables,. according to their classes genera orders species with their characters and differences. In two volumes. Translated from the thirteenth edition (as published by Dr. Murray) of the Systema vegetabilium of the late Professor Linneus; and from the Supplementum plantarum of the present Professor Linneus. ... By a botanical society, at Lichfield.
Carl von Linné (1707-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1782 (1783 1782-85)
Materials
Place of origin
Lichfield
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3189604
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([iv],ii,lvi,[1],424,[22];[5],426-897,[1];[32]p.),plates. 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed H.G. Messel [i.e. Harold Messel (1877-1920)]. Vol. 2 inscribed in a child’s hand: Phoebe Buchanan 67 Chester Square [i.e. Phoebe Buchanan, daughter of Harold, (1907-1952)]. Binding: full polished tree calf; gold-tooled on spine; spine labels, wanting all but one.
Makers and roles
Carl von Linné (1707-1778)