Robert John Thornton, New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus, 1807, H 23" W 3" Depth 18.75" | New illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus: Comprehending an Elucidation of the Several Parts of the Fructification; a Prize Dissertation on the Sexes of Plants; a Full Explanation of the Casses, And Orders, of the Sexual System; and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, Being Picturesque, Botanical Coloured Plates, of Select Plants, Illustrative of the Same, with Descriptions." by Robert John Thornton, M.D. Published and printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London, 1807. the book is encased in original tooled leather binding. Provenance: Property from a Bloomfield Township, MI private collection.

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