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London: F. and C. Rivington et al, Publication dates 1797 & 1807. Plates dated 1795-1807. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes in 4 books. Vol. I, Part I: clxviii, x, [2], [15 plates], Unpaginated, ABR-CHE. Vol. I, Part II: Unpaginated. CHE-IXO. Vol. II, Part I: Unpaginated. KAE-PYR. Vol. II, Part II: Unpaginated. PYR-ZYG. 42 cm. 19 plates altogether. Vol. I, Part I has 15 plates: first 8 plates are titled Roots, Simple Leaves, Compound Leaves, Flower, Pericarp or Fruit, Fruit Seed Receptacle, Linneus's Classes, Linneus's Orders. 7 plates of Linnaean Classes following. Vol. I, Part II has 2 Greenhouse plates and 1 Ice House plate. Vol. II, Part II has one plate of a Stove. Full diced calf with gilt trim and blank tooling. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Hinges and corners repaired. A few scuffs. Some foxing in first book, mainly to AND pages. Faint stains on a page in CAR. Pages CAR onwards darkened. Some pages darkened in other volumes. Tear in Ice House plate at bottom. Dark…