Books

Hardcover. Leather spine and corners, scuffed and bumped. Front cover detached but present. Patterned paper over boards. 784 pages. Title page printed in black and red. Early ownership name on the title page, as well as a small embossed library name "Library Herma Knoche." No other library markings, nor is it clear whether the embossed mark is from a private collection or a library. Text block good and tight. Corners square. Fading and foxing are mild. Text in Latin. This is volume 1 only of the 2 volume set. The second edition (first edition was 1753) of Linnaeus monumental classification of plants. This was the first use of the 2-name (binomial) system of classification (still in use today), pioneered by Linnaeus. It is impossible to overstate the importance of Linnaeus and his classification systems on the development of modern biology. Early editions of Linnaeus' works are nearly unobtainable. Editions issued in his lifetime (1707-1788) are extremely scarce. This edition (2nd) of Species Plantarum is Linnaeus' list of every known plant at the time of publication. The first edition has 5,940 species. The second edition added to that. Please email with questions or to request photos.

Published in 1753, 'Species Plantarum' is Carl Linnaeus's landmark work, which is the basis for the binomial nomenclature system used in the naming of plants.