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[NATURAL HISTORY]. MILLER, John (1715-ca 1792). An Illustration of The Sexual System, of Linnaeus. L
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[NATURAL HISTORY]. MILLER, John (1715-ca 1792). An Illustration of The Sexual System, of Linnaeus. London: Printed for Robert Faulder, 1789-94.



In two volumes. 8vo. Illustrated with etched frontispiece in first volume, etched title-pages in each volume, and 190 hand-colored plates across both volumes. Contemporary three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, rebacked, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities faded and rubbed; all edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers; armorial book-plate of Richmond Allen on front paste-down of each volume; ink stamp of "CLG Trust" at front of each volume; gutter split at plate 42 in first volume. Henrey 1156

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