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LINNAEUS, CAROLUS. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species...Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: Lars Salvius 1758-59.
2 vols., 8vo (vol. 1 slightly larger), bound in non-uniform contemporary calf, spines gilt, yellow calf lettering-pieces, mottled edges, joints renewed, vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, vol. 1 inner joints cracked, both vols. tightly bound with occasional loss of side-notes in gutters, small ink-stain to gutter of vol. 1 title, occasional light browning or foxing, marginal dampstaining to vol. 2.
Tenth Edition, THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH A STANDARD OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE AND TAXONOMY through the first consistent use of specific or trivial names.
Honeyman sale V, 2024; Soulsby 58; Stafleu TL-2 4794.
Provenance:
Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955)
Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). (2)
LINNAEUS, CAROLUS. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species...Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: Lars Salvius 1758-59.
2 vols., 8vo (vol. 1 slightly larger), bound in non-uniform contemporary calf, spines gilt, yellow calf lettering-pieces, mottled edges, joints renewed, vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, vol. 1 inner joints cracked, both vols. tightly bound with occasional loss of side-notes in gutters, small ink-stain to gutter of vol. 1 title, occasional light browning or foxing, marginal dampstaining to vol. 2.
Tenth Edition, THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH A STANDARD OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE AND TAXONOMY through the first consistent use of specific or trivial names.
Honeyman sale V, 2024; Soulsby 58; Stafleu TL-2 4794.
Provenance:
Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955)
Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). (2)