| Item Description: | "The work was advertised in 1797, and seems to have been issued in parts at twenty-five shillings each between 1799 and 1807. In its best state it is a very splendid work, .. but its bibliography is very difficult, hardly two copies being alike" (DNB). - Another version of Robert John Thorntons̀ 'New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus'. - English Short Title Catalog, T226335. - Half-title, engraved, of vol. 1: 'The philosophy of botany', and the half-title of vol. 2: 'Book second. A botanical and philosophical enquiry respecting roots'. - Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. - The titlepages to both volumes are engraved as well as one of the two dedication leaves in vol. 1. - Titlepage of vol. 2 reads: 'The genera of exotic and indigenous plants' |
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