Morison (Robert)
Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis
Volumes 2 & 3
complete, all published
Part one (concerning trees and shrubs) was never published
Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1680-99
293 engraved plates, titles with engraved vignettes,
volume 3 with portrait frontispiece of the author,
volume 2 lacking folding frontispiece & 3pp index & corrigenda,
lacking endpapers,
volume 3 with 5 leaves of plates misbound to rear,
final leaf torn with loss to left upper corner,
endpapers renewed,
some toning,
Original Cambridge panelled calf, red morocco gilt title labels,
Boards detached, covers are worn
Large massive folios : 11 by 16.5" (410 x 265mm)
Text in Latin
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Scottish botanist and taxonomist R. Morison (1620-1683), director of the Royal Gardens at Blois and superintendent of all the royal gardens in England.
A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.
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