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Place of publication from Wing. Imprimatur on leaf [A]1v: At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society, Feb. 22. 1681/2 Dr. Grew having read several lectures of the anatomy of plants, ... it is therefore ordreed, that he be desired, to cause them to be prited together in one volume. Chr. Wren. P.R.S. Includes reissues of previously published treatises by Grew, " much revised" (Henrey, Blanche, vol.1, pp. 135-140); each section has special t.p. The final unpaginated leaves contain an index and an explication of the tables. The plates are numbered, using both arabic and roman numeration. Signatures: [A]⁴ a⁴ B-2I⁴ 2K² 2L-2X⁴ 2Y-3C². NLM Copy 2 imperfect: lacking the general title leaf ([A]2), leaves [A]3-4, sig.a, and plate no. 83. |
| Description: |
[22], 24, [10], 212, [4], 221-304, [20] p., 83 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings) ; 32 cm. (fol.) |
| Contents: |
An idea of a philosophical history of plants. 2d ed. -- The anatomy of plants, begun. 2d ed. -- The anatomy of roots. 2d ed. -- The anatomy of trunks. 2d ed. -- The anatomy of leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. -- Several lectures read before the Royal Society. |
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