A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany. [Containing descriptions of the parts of plants; an explanation of the scientific terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnaeus, and other eminent botanists; a brief analysis of the principal systems in botany; a critical enquiry into the merits and defects of the Linnaean method of arrangement, and distribution of the genera. The whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge, calculated for the use of students in that science.]

MILNE, Colin.

Published by H. D. Symonds. London Third edition Revised Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. With 25 new plates, 1805

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pp. [viii, 682]. 3 folding tables, 25 plates engraved by F. SANSOM, after drawings by SYDENHAM EDWARDS. The text is not paginated. Contemporary calf, spine panelled in gilt, rebacked with the original spine relaid, original marbled end-papers and edges of the book-block, slight foxing of the last few plates, overall a very good copy. *VERY SCARCE, COPAC no copy recorded, but 2 locations on WORLD CAT., the Natural History Museum and Bangor. First printed in 1770, a second edition in 1778.

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• Title: A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany. [Containing descriptions of the parts of plants; an explanation of the scientific terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnaeus, and other eminent botanists; a brief analysis of the principal systems in botany; a critical enquiry into the merits and defects of the Linnaean method of arrangement, and distribution of the genera. The whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge, calculated for the use of ...
• Publisher: H. D. Symonds. London Third edition Revised Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. With 25 new plates
• Publication Date: 1805
• Binding: Hardcover