Uppsala, Höjer, (1752). 4to. In recent black half calf. A few stains to title-page and repair to outer margin of title-page, not affecting text. Nice and clean. (8), 29, (1) pp.
First edition of one of the early dissertations issued under the presidency of Linne. Defended by Gedner on 21 October 1752, the work addresses the fundamental question cui bono? (“to what purpose?”), examining the utility and final causes observable throughout the natural world. Soulsby 1691.Hulth p. 86.