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LINNAEUS, CARL Mantissa Plantarum
J.Cramer, 1971, Historia naturalis classica tomus VII.Boards, gilt lettering on spine.3 7682 0037 X.Fine /No Jacket.Fine; owner's signature.Facsimile reprint of Mantissa Plantarum (1767), 144 pp.and Mantissa Altera (1771), 588 pages, two of Carl Linnaeus' last major works.Scholarly introduction by William T.Stearn, xxv pages.Nomenclaturally important, as it contains names of many new species that were recently discovered in Europe, W.Asia, Java and the New World.The problem of names published by both Linnaeus and Burman in 1767 and 1768, based on the same species, is also discussed.This arose because Linnaeus received unpublished proof plates from Burman and pre-empted their publication without Burman making the necessary adjustments to his text. In English.
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