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The Philosophy of Botany, Being Botanical, and Philosophical Extracts Including, a new Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnæus by Robert John Thornton, ... of 2; Volume 1

The Philosophy of Botany, Being Botanical, and Philosophical Extracts Including, a new Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnæus by Robert John Thornton, ... of 2; Volume 1

Robert John Thornton

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Gale ECCO, Print Editions
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Historia de la medicina
ISBN:
9781385490631

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++Cambridge University LibraryN062425Double-page title. Another configuration of ’New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus’. ’The work was advertised in 1797, and seems to have been issued in parts at twenty-five shillings each between 1799 and 1807. In its best state it is a very splendid work, .. but its bibliography is very difficult, hardly two copies being alike’ (DNB). Vol. 2 is entitled: ’Book second A botanical and philosophical enquiry respecting roots’.London : printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1799. 2v.,plates : ports. ; 2°

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