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[DUPPA, Richard (1770-1831)]. The Classes and Orde

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London: printed by T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816. 3 volumes, 8vo (233 x 144 mm). 240 engraved plates (237 hand-colored). Contemporary diced russia, covers with wide decorative border tooled in gilt and blind, expertly rebacked and tooled and lettered to style in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, g.e. Provenance: Lynn Abbott Trust. A fine set, offering "a complete illustration of the Linnaean system" with examples picked which "are connected with Poetry, History, or some branch of useful knowlege" (Introduction, vol.I). Nissen BBI 566.(3)

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