A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants; with an easy Introduction to the to the Study of Botany. Vol. I-IV

Description:

Fifth edition, corrected and considerably enlarged by William Withering [Jun.]. William Withering (1741-1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, and physician. He was the first to study the medicinal properties of digitalis, a compound derived from the foxglove plant. In 1776, he published The Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, one of the earliest and most influential works on British flora. It was also the first English-language text to apply the Linnaean system of classification, developed by the Swedish botanist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). The book went through multiple editions, with the fifth edition revised and expanded by his son, also named William Withering.

Stafleu & Cowan 18.081.

Condition

4 vols, 8vo, cont. full calf, worn; rebacked, with remains of orig. backstrips retained; marbled edges and endpapers. Old water stain to Vol. IV, affecting pages at beginning and end. Armorial bookplate of Capel Leigh. A good set.