Institutes of botany; : containing accurate, compleat and easy descriptions of all the known genera of plants: translated from the Latin of the celebrated Charles von Linné, Professor of Medicine and Botany in the University of Upsal; First physician to the King of Sweden, Knight of the Polar Star, and member of the most learned societies in Europe. To which are prefixed, I. A view of the ancient and present state of botany. II. A Synopsis, exhibiting the essential or striking characters which serve to discriminate genera of the same class and order; as likewise the secondary characters of each genus, or those derived from the port, habit or general appearance of the plants which compose it

By

Milne, Colin, 1743 or 1744-1815

Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Sold by W. Griffin, Bookseller, Catharine-street; J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty; P. Elmsly, opposite Southampton-street; Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange; F. Noble, opposite Gray's-Inn Gate, Holborn; and J. Robson,

Notes

"The second part commences at p.135, it has a separate title-page dated 1772. The work is incomplete, without the translation of the Genera plantarum, and the 'Synopsis' extends only to a portion of Tetrandria Monogynia." (Henrey).

ESTC, | T80796.

Henrey, | 1151.

Subjects

1707-1778 , Classification , Electronic books , Linné, Carl von, , Plants

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153567
Soulsby: 316
Soulsby: 660