PLENCK, Joseph Jacob. Elementa terminologiae botanicae ac systematis sexualis plantarum. 1796.
PLENCK, Joseph Jacob.
Elementa terminologiae botanicae ac systematis sexualis plantarum.
Vienne, A. Blumaeur, 1796.
8vo (205x125 mm), 169-(3) pages. binding : half sheep from xixth century , flat spine. Rubbed. Foxings. Headcap worn.
First edition. It was in his capacity as professor of chemistry and botany at the Military Academy of Medicine and Surgery in Vienna that Plenk (or Plenck) wrote this classification of botany based on the Linnaeus system.
provenance: Stamps from Institut catholique de paris.