The philosophy of botany, being botanical and philosophical extracts, including : A new illustration of the sexual system of Linneæus. By Robert John Thornton, M.D. late of Trinity College, Cambridge Physician to the General Dispensary: Fellow of the London Botanical Society[,] Lecturer on Medical Botany at Guy's Hospital[,] author of Medical extracts on the nature of health: and.

Author/creator Thornton, Robert John
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1799.
Description2 volumes,plates : portraits ; 2⁰.
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Uniform titleNew illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus
General noteDouble-page title.
General noteAnother configuration of 'New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
General note'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).
General noteVol. 2 is entitled: 'Book second A botanical and philosophical enquiry respecting roots'.
General noteTitle from double-page title (engraved).
General noteAnother configuration of "New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus". ... Vol. 2 is entitled: Book second A botanical and philosophical enquiry respecting roots.
General noteReproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, N62425.
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Genre/formPoems.