Letters on the Elements of Botany, Addressed to A Lady

Rousseau,J,J/ Martyn,Thomas (trans)

Published by Printed for John White,Horace's Head, Fleet- Street, London, 1807

About this Item

Translated into English, with notes and twenty four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn, Regius Professor of Botany at the university of Cambridge.The seventh edition with corrections and improvements. This copy does not have the coloured plates. Seemingly the plates were published separately by Martyn in 1788 and were inserted into some subsequent editions.Half green calf over marbled boards. Leather gilt title label (recent) and blind stamped designs. Recent end papers. Very light toning to pages A very attractive tight copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters on the Elements of Botany, Addressed to A Lady
• Publisher: Printed for John White,Horace's Head, Fleet- Street, London
• Publication Date: 1807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: not specified>
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus