Fulgencio VITMAN
Svmma plantarvm qvæ hactenvs innotvervnt methodo Linnæana per genera et species digesta illvstrata descripta
[A Summary of the Plants Known Until Now, Arranged According to the Linnaean Method by Genera and Species, Illustrated and Described]
Typis Imper. Monast. S. Ambrosii Majoris|Mediolani [Milan] 1789|12 x 20 cm|6 volumes reliés en 3
First edition of this major classification, arranged according to the Linnaean system, describing a thousand plants with remarkable precision (cf. Pritzel 9806.)
Full green vellum bindings, smooth spines tooled with double gilt fillets and gilt rolls, brown calf lettering- and volume-pieces, slight rubbing to the spines, yellow mottled edges, some corners a little softened; contemporary bindings.
The author, Abbé Fulgenzio Vitman (1728–1806), a Florentine botanist, founded the Milan botanical garden after directing that of Pavia.
€1,000