1788 Carl Linneaus BOTANY 1ed System of Vegetables Color Botanical ART Martyn

1788 Carl Linneaus BOTANY 1^ed System of Vegetables Color Botanical ART Martyn

“If a tree dies, plant another in its place.”

― Carl Linnaeus

Known as the Father of Modern Taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus was an important 18^th-century botanist who helped organize a system of naming living organisms. Author Thomas Martyn published an important set of illustrations and explanations which were used to supplement Linnaeus’s famous “System of Vegetables”.

This highly desirable 1788 first edition contains 38 absolutely stunning color engravings of flowers and plants. The fine leather binding makes this work an impressive display as well.

Item number: #24819

Price: $950

MARTYN, Thomas

Thirty eight plates, with explanations intended to illustrate Linnaeus’s system of vegetables

London: Printed for B. White and Sons, 1788. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • vi, [2], 72
  • 38 color plates
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • [Thranna Prescott]
  • Pinkney
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)

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