Systema vegetabilium secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus et differentiis [rev. ed. Jo. Andreas Murray].

8vo: xvi-1026-[19] pp. (some browning & foxing throughout).

Contemp. quarter calf, marbled paper on covers, flat spine (corners bumped, joints somewhat worn, def. at tail).

15th ed. (1st ed.: 1735) of this work on plants and their classification by C. Linnaeus (1707-1778) known as the father of modern taxonomy. He introduced his classification for the first time in this major work. Text in Latin, appendix and unnumb. index at the end.
Ref. BnF.