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
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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 noteAnother version of Robert John Thorntons̀ 'New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
General noteHalf-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 noteTitlepage of vol. 2 reads: 'The genera of exotic and indigenous plants'.
General noteThe 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 noteReproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
References English Short Title Catalog, T226335.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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