A new illustration of the sexual system of Linnæus : By Robert John Thornton, M.D. late of Trinity College, Cambridge. Physician to the general dispensary: Fellow of the London Medical Society, lecturer on medical botany at Guy's Hospital; author of Medical extracts on the nature of health and Letters to Dr. Beddoes on the application and theory of pneumatic medicine.
| Author/creator | Thornton, Robert John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1799. |
| Description | 2 volumes,plates : portraits ; 2⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus |
| General note | Another version of Robert John Thorntons̀ 'New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus'. |
| General note | 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'. |
| General note | Titlepage of vol. 2 reads: 'The genera of exotic and indigenous plants'. |
| General note | The titlepages to both volumes are engraved as well as one of the two dedication leaves in vol. 1. |
| 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 note | Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T226335. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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