1827 Systematic Botany w/ Colour Plates

Description: Smith, Sir James Edward AN INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SYSTEMATICAL BOTANY Longman, Rees, Orme, et al. : London, 1827 xxi, (1), 434 pp. Contents clean and secure in original pink boards which have been rebacked, front hinge secure, but paper split at edge. Illustrated with 15pp of hand coloured plates, quite bright clean impressions. 6th edition. Sir James Edward Smith (1759 – 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. During the early 1780s Smith studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh where he also studied chemistry under Joseph Black and natural history under John Walker. In 1783, he moved to London and continued his study of botany and natural history. Smith was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks which led to his acquisition of the entire collection of books, manuscripts and specimens of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, just before Smith became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1786. He founded the Linnean Society of London in 1788, of which he was President until his death.

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