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The Class and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany. Illustrated by Select Specimens of Foreign and Indigenous Plants.







Book Description
First edition, 1816. 3 volumes. 8vo. Vol I: xxviii, 196pp; Vol II: 197 - 400ppp; Vol III: 401 - 549pp followed by a Dictionary of Botanical Terms (including a single advert page following the title page) 41 unpaginated leaves (3D1 - 3I2) and a General Index of 9 unpaginated leaves. Contemporary gilt decorated full calf. Rebacked, preserving original spines with six panels. Recent contrasting morocco labels to spines. Marbled endpapers and marbled text block edges.
Dealer Notes
Very good condition. Extremities rubbed, some bumping to corners and some marking to boards. Bindings very sound. Small loss to lower corner of plate preceding page xxi, Vol I. Occasional minor marks. (Nissen BBI566.)
Author
Duppa, Richard
Date
1816
Binding
Contemporary gilt decorated full calf. Rebacked, preserving original spines with six panels. Recent contrasting morocco labels to spines. Marbled endpapers and marbled text block edges.
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London
Illustrator
240 engraved plates of which 237 are hand-coloured.
Condition
Very good condition.
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