‎Caroli Linnaei (Linnée)‎
‎Philosophia botanica‎

‎Philosophia botanica, in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica. - [""HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK""]‎

‎Stockholm, G. Kiesewetter, 1751. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Extremities with wear. Boards with scratches with loss of the marbled paper. Capitals chipped and leather on spine cracked. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Occassional browning throughout. (6), 362 pp. + frontispiece and 11 plates. The portrait (frontispiece), present here, was only added to a few copies. Complete copies with portrait and all 11 plates are uncommon.‎

‎First edition of this first textbook of descriptive systematic botany and botanical Latin. It also contains Linnaeus's first published description of his binomial nomenclature. ‘Philosophia Botanica marks a developmental stage in Linnaeus's botanical philosophy, expanding upon concepts initially presented in his ‘Fundamenta Botanica’ (1736) and ‘Critica Botanica’ (1737). The book also establishes a basic botanical terminology. “Continuing his study on the classification of plants, Linnaeus published [the present work]. In this he attempted to organize a natural system based on structure, but this work was never completed” (Sparrow 135) “Linnaeus’ main mission was to complete his reform of botany. In the work produced during his stay in Holland he had established the principles, maintained more or less unchanged for the rest of his life, but they still had to be developed and put into practice. In 1751 he published Philosophies botanica, his most influential work but actually only an expanded version of Fundamenta botanica. In it Linnaeus dealt with the theory of botany, the laws and rules that the botanist must follow in order to describe and name the plants correctly and to combine them into higher systematic categories. At the same time he struggled with the enormous undertaking of cataloging all of the world’s plant and animal species and giving each its correct place in the system.” (DSB) Sparrow 135 Soulsby 437 Hulth p. 78.‎

‎Philosophia botanica, in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica.‎

‎Berlin, C. F. Himburg, 1790. 8vo. In contemporary marbled paper covered boards. A few annotations to pasted down front end-paper and stamp (Grevskabet Christiansholm) to pasted down front end-paper and front free end-paper. Wear to extremities and dampstain affecting upper margin on first few leaves, otherwise internally very nice and clean. (8), 364 pp. + frontispiece and 11 plates.‎

‎Third edition of this first textbook of descriptive systematic botany and botanical Latin. It also contains Linnaeus's first published description of his binomial nomenclature. ‘Philosophia Botanica marks a developmental stage in Linnaeus's botanical philosophy, expanding upon concepts initially presented in his ‘Fundamenta Botanica’ (1736) and ‘Critica Botanica’ (1737). The book also establishes a basic botanical terminology. “Continuing his study on the classification of plants, Linnaeus published [the present work]. In this he attempted to organize a natural system based on structure, but this work was never completed” (Sparrow 135)“Linnaeus’ main mission was to complete his reform of botany. In the work produced during his stay in Holland he had established the principles, maintained more or less unchanged for the rest of his life, but they still had to be developed and put into practice. In 1751 he published Philosophies botanica, his most influential work but actually only an expanded version of Fundamenta botanica. In it Linnaeus dealt with the theory of botany, the laws and rules that the botanist must follow in order to describe and name the plants correctly and to combine them into higher systematic categories. At the same time he struggled with the enormous undertaking of cataloging all of the world’s plant and animal species and giving each its correct place in the system.” (DSB) ‎

‎Philosophia Botanica in qua Explicantur Fundamenta Botanica cum Definitionibus Partium, Exemplis Terminorum, Observationibus Rariorum. Adiectis Figuris Aeneis. Editio secunda in Gratiam Botanophilorum Revisa et Emendata. Curante D. Johanne Gottlieb Gleditsch.‎

‎ Berolini - Berlin, Impensis Christiani Friderici Himburgi 1780, 203x125mm, cartonnage de l’époque, étiquette de titre manuscrite au dos, en parti manquante, nom ancien de possesseur sur page de garde, intérieur propre. ‎

‎ frontispice, 3 ff., 362 pages, 11 planches gravées dépliantes, Pour un paiement via PayPal, veuillez nous en faire la demande et nous vous enverrons une facture PayPal‎

‎Philosophia botanica, in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica, cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum. Adiectis figuris aeneis.‎

‎Berolini [Berlin], Christiani Friderici Himburgi, 1780. In-8°, [6]-362p. Reliure demi-veau à coins, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre noire (partiellement éffacée).‎

‎Seconde édition en latin, revue et augmentée par Iohanne Gottlieb Gleditsch. Avec 11 planches gravées dépliantes, mais sans le portrait gravé en frontispice. Quelques traces d'usage à la reliure, rousseurs, néanmoins bon exemplaire.‎

‎"Caroli Linnaei Philosophia Botanica, in qua explicantur Botanices Fundamenta , Studio Curtii Sprengel ; editio aucta et emendata"‎

‎ Tornaci Nerviorum ( Tournai - Belgique ) , E. Typis Caroli Casterman-Dieu, 1824, in-8°, xxvii pp + 471 pp + (1)nn pp (blank) + folding table + 9 full page plates (numbered 1-9, not bound in the correct order). Contemporary half leather, boards covered with marbled paper. Binding worn with severe damage to the leather spine, binding still technically ok, interior good. This is the second edition of Sprengel's reworked edition of Linnaeus' study. The first Sprengel edition was published in Halle (Germany) in 1809. This Tournai edition is dedicated by the publisher Casterman to Prof. J.G.S. Van Breda, professor of Natural History at the newly founded Ghendt University. ( See SOULSBY Basil ( ) - British Museum catalogue - 1933. Item 452 )..‎