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Stockholm: Lars Salvius, 1758-59. Two volumes, octavo (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 , 200mm x 124mm). Tenth edition. Bound in Contemporary marbled calf, gilt. On the spine, 5 raised bands with yellow and red lettering pieces to Volume 1. Red lettering pieces to two panels in volume 2. Gilt decoration to other panels. Red sprinkled edges to the text block. Extremities rubbed. Small cut to edge of front board of Volume 1. Hinges to Volume 2 starting. Light toning and foxing throughout. The definitive tenth edition: the starting point for Zoological nomenclature (Stafleu-Cowan). Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish biologist and physician, who formalised binomial nomenclature - the modern system of naming organisms. Linnaeus' system of binomial classification was originally published in 1735 as a series of seven folio broadsheets and was originally applied to plants only. As he collected new data, Linnaeus revised and updated the Systema Naturae and he eventually applied his system of classification to all of zoology, where it appears here for the first time. Peter & Margarethe Braune bookplates. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4794.