119 - LINNÉ (Carl von). Caroli Linnaei,... Species plantarum, exhibiting plants properly identified, classified by genus, with specific differences, common names, selected synonyms, and places of origin... arranged according to the sexual system.

LINNÉ (Carl von). Caroli Linnaei,... Species plantarum, exhibiting plants properly identified, classified by genus, with specific differences, common names, selected synonyms, and places of origin... arranged according to the sexual system. Holmiae: published by Laurentius Salvius, 1753. 2 volumes bound together in a sturdy period sheepskin in-8, (12), 1–560 pp.; (2), 561–1200 pp. + 30 pages of index and 1 leaf of errata. Rare first edition and first printing of this sought-after work, which established modern botanical nomenclature by generalizing the binomial system (genus + species), becoming the official starting point for plant classification (Binding worn, leather missing at the bottom of the spine, scratches on the cover, worn edges and corners, paper generally yellowed, a few scattered water stains, some of which are rather marginal and at the end of the volume)