LINNAEUS, Carolus von (1708-1778). Systema naturae sistens regna tria naturae, in classes et ordines genera et species. Leipzig: G. Kiesewetter, 1748. 8° (197 x 121mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Linnaeus by J.M. Beringeroth and 8 plates (small part of upper margin of frontispiece torn away, lower margin of R1 with repair tear with slight loss of margin). Contemporary calf (head and tail of spine repaired, spine and top of rear cover "chewed" at, rubbed). Seventh edition. BMNH Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus 52.