[LINNE (Charles von)]. - Lot 126

[LINNE (Charles von)]. . The Sexual System of Plants. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1810. 2 volumes in-8, half-fawn basane, ornate smooth spines, beige head and tailpieces (period binding). First French translation of Linné's Systema naturæ, by the naturalist Nicolas Jolyclerc. Linné first published his work classifying the plant world by sexual organs in 1735, and expanded it throughout his life. Jolyclerc published the present translation in 1798, republished in 1810. . Abrégé du système de la nature de Linné, histoire des mammaires ou des quadrupèdes et cétacés by J.-E. Gilibert. A Lyon, chez l'Editeur, An XIII - 1805. In-8, contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated. Tearing without missing p. 309/310, plates 3 to 28, some foxing). 26 plates out of 28.