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LINNE, Genera Plantarum, 1743
LINNE, Charles.
Genera plantarum. Eorumque Characteres naturales, secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, & Proportionem omnium Fructificationis partium.
Paris, David, 1743.
8vo (200x125 mm), xxxii-(2)-413-(59) pages and 2 plates and 1 folding table. binding : Contemporary full sheep, flat spine. Binding rubbed, corners bumped. Headcap worn.
Third edition.
A major work in the history of science in which Linnaeus explains the reproduction of flowering plants and proposes a classification of plants by the structure of their flowers. This classification will be the starting point for the entire taxonomy of living things as we use it today.
Taken from the second edition published in 1742, the Paris edition is the only one to offer the names of plants in French.
references: Stafleu [4725:"Contains the text of ed.2, 1742 with French vernacular plant names and some fragments from the Classes Plantarum. ; it counts as ed.3 notwithstanding the "editio secunda" on the title page"].
Price : 500 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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