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London, octavo, xlviii, 374, [2] p. and 16 p. publisher's catalogue. ***CONTENT: Lindley (1799-1865) was an eminent English botanist, horticulturist and orchid expert, and an associate of William Jackson Hooker and Sir Joseph Banks. He was Professor of Botany at University College, London, for three decades. This treatise was one of his most popular works, and its content is aptly described by its title. In this work, based on his study of plant character patterns, Lindley chose to adopt the "natural" classification system devised by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu a system that he believed better reflected the great plan of nature, unlike the "artificial" system favored by Linnaeus. Following a lengthy introduction outlining the important principles of plant anatomy, physiology and systematics, chapters describe in detail the various classes, orders, tribes, etc. of angiosperms, gymnosperms, mosses, lichens, fungi, algae, and more. Henry Darwin Rogers is most celebrated for his monumental 1858 treatise "The Geology of Pennsylvania". In the early 1830's he studied in England, where he likely obtained this volume. ***CONDITION: This is a VG copy in the original green linen boards, recently rebacked in brown linen with a gilt-lettered maroon leather title label. The boards are well preserved, but show minor spotting and wear to the extremities; backstrip as new, with bold, bright gilt lettering. Joints and hinges solid, binding firm. The text pages are fresh, clean and bright, with no foxing or stains. Rogers' penciled signature is on the title page, and a library presentation label from his sister-in-law, Mrs. Wm. B. Rogers, is on the front pastedown. Library stamps on the title page and sparsely elsewhere. This is a fully complete, important association copy of this scarce treatise. BMNH 1120. International shipping will be extra, but only at my cost. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers OG5291
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