8vo (198 x 122 mm). Engraved frontispiece of a pharmaceutical cabinet and folding engraved botanical plate, both after I. G. Hallmann by Carlus Bergquist. Modern calf, early red-sprinkled edges. 

George Howell (signature, partially inked through, dated October 18, 1759, on front flyleaf) — Arpad Plesch (red morocco label; Sotheby's London, 17 November 461)

Prtizel 5424; Soulsby 968; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4751

8vo (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.; 198 x 122 mm). Engraved frontispiece of a pharmaceutical cabinet and folding engraved botanical plate, both after I. G. Hallmann by Carlus Bergquist. Modern calf, early red-sprinkled edges.
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FIRST EDITION OF LINNAEUS’S MOST IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK, tabulating the Linnaean names, genera and species, and medical properties of over five hundred medicinal plants. The work was never completed, although unauthorized editions, based on Linnaeus's dissertations, of Book II (animals) and Book III (minerals) were published in 1763.