[NATURAL HISTORY]. LINNAEUS, Carl (1707-1778). Vollstandiges Pflanzensystem... Edited by Gottlieb Christmann and Georg Panzer. Nuremberg: Gabriel Nicholas Raspe, 1777-1778.

14 volumes in 15, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece in vol.1, 104 folding engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, morocco lettering-pieces gilt in 2, edges stained red (some splitting to a few joints, boards rubbed). Provenance: notations in a contemporary hand on vol.1 front free endpaper; old ink library stamps of Wolfenbuttel Gymnasium on front free endpapers.

FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Famous for the classification of plants, the most comprehensive of this time, and the introduction of binary nomenclature. Hulth 12; Pritzel 5431; Soulsby 577; Williams 1777.



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