Joannis Raii de Variis Plantarum Methodis Methodis Dissertatio Brevis
by Ray, John (Joannis Raii)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- One small worm hole in the outer margins of the last section of pages, some age toning to the last blank page; a clean copy in v
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About This Item
Londini (London): S. Smith & B. Walford, Societatis Regiae Typographorum, 1696. First edition.. One small worm hole in the outer margins of the last section of pages, some age toning to the last blank page; a clean copy in very good condition in a period leather binding.. Pp. (xiv), 1-48. Recent brown morocco leather in period style, lettered in gilt on the upper cover, 12mo (7.5 x 4.75 inches; 187 x 118 mm). This work is divided into five parts: I. De Methodi Origine & Progressu; II. De Notis Generum characteristicis; III. De Methodo sua in Specie; IV: De Notis quas reprobat & rejiciendas censet D. Tournefort; V. De Methodo Tournefortiana. According to Geoffrey Keynes in The Bibliography of John Ray, p. 129: this work is a "continuation of the discussion began in the preface to the Stirpium Europaerum Sylloge (1694) and in the appendix to the second edition of the Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum (1696). It was largely an answer to the criticism of Tournefort, who received a copy in June 1697, and published a reply, De Optime methodo instituenda in re herbaria, in the same year." Geoffrey Keynes states that this work in uncommon; he was only able to record eight copies, two of which are in the British Museum. No ownership marks and few signs of use. On the verso of page 48 (the last page), there is some Latin text written in an old hand at the top of the page.
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- Natural History Books (US)
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- 8348
- Title
- Joannis Raii de Variis Plantarum Methodis Methodis Dissertatio Brevis
- Author
- Ray, John (Joannis Raii)
- Book Condition
- Used - One small worm hole in the outer margins of the last section of pages, some age toning to the last blank page; a clean copy in v
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Londini (London): S. Smith & B. Walford, Societatis Regiae Typographorum, 1696. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Floras;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...