LINNAEUS (CARL)


Natuurlyke Historie of uitvoerige Beschrijving der Dieren, Planten en Mineralen, 3 parts in 37 vol., tenth (Houttuyn) edition, woodcut device on titles, 296 double-page or folding engraved plates, mostly by J.C. Philips, occasional light browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, some spines slightly chipped or worn [Landwehr 82; Nissen ZBI 2011; Nissen BBI 940; Soulsby 73], 8vo, Amsterdam, F. Houttuyn-[Erven van F. Houttuyn, J. van der Burgh en Zoon], 1761-1785
|A complete uncoloured set, comprising: Zoology (17 volumes, 143 plates); Botany (14 volumes, 105 plates); Mineralogy (5 volumes, 48 plates). "This voluminous compilation is only slightly based on Systema Natura, under which it is so often cited, but it influenced largely many similar works in other countries" (Soulsby).