Miller, John. ILLUSTRATIO SYSTEMATIS SEXUALIS LINNAEI... AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF LINNAEUS. LONDON: PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, 1777 First edition, folio (538 x 360mm.), engraved frontispiece and title, list of subscribers, title and text in English and Latin, 108 engraved plates, 103 (only, of 104) in two states, plain, and printed in colours and finished by hand before letters, contemporary diced russia, covers with borders tooled in gilt and blind, engraved armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden subscriber, thence by descent to Sir William Eden [Dunthorne 222; Great Flower Books, p.68; Henrey 1153; Nissen BBI 1372; Stafleu TL2 6483], the pondweed plate in a plain state only, the coloured version apparently never included in this copy, one or two plates spotted, binding rebacked
Miller, John. ILLUSTRATIO SYSTEMATIS SEXUALIS LINNAEI... AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF LINNAEUS. LONDON: PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, 1777 First edition, folio (538 x 360mm.), engraved frontispiece and title, list of subscribers, title and text in English and Latin, 108 engraved plates, 103 (only, of 104) in two states, plain, and printed in colours and finished by hand before letters, contemporary diced russia, covers with borders tooled in gilt and blind, engraved armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden subscriber, thence by descent to Sir William Eden [Dunthorne 222; Great Flower Books, p.68; Henrey 1153; Nissen BBI 1372; Stafleu TL2 6483], the pondweed plate in a plain state only, the coloured version apparently never included in this copy, one or two plates spotted, binding rebacked
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