Linné Classes plantarum Leiden 1738
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LINNÉ, CARL VON. Classes plantarum. Seu systemata plantarum omnia a fructificatione desumta, quorum XVI universalia & XIII partialia, compendiose proposita... Fundamentorum botanicorum pars II. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden, C. Wishoff) 1738.
8vo. (8) pp., column (1-4), 5-606, pp. 607-656, (1).
Contemporary polished brown calf, faded gilt spine in six compartments, partly split joints, damages at head and foot, red edges. Blindstamped on first endpaper (Buchhändler Carl Helf, Wien). Some slight spotting, Hungarian bookplate (Károly) on inside of upper cover.
Soulsby 332, Hulth 28. First and only original edition.
Perhaps most important for Linnaeus' first attempt at establishing a natural plant system ("Fragmenta methodi naturalis") by listing 65 orders (i.e. natural families).
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
Auktionsnummer:
6007
Datum:
2015-06-16