Historia plantarum species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primò De Plantis in genere, Earúmque Partibus, Accidentibus & Differentiis; Deinde Genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad Species usque infimas, Notis suis certis & Characteristicis Definita, Methodo Naturae vestigiis insistente disponuntur; Species singulae accurate describuntur, obscura illustrantur, omissa supplentur, superflua resecantur, Synonyma necessaria adjiciuntur; Vires denique & usus recepti compendiò traduntur. Auctore Joanne Raio, E Societate Regiâ, & SS. Individuae Trinitatis Collegii apud Cantabrigienses quondam Socio.

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  • Historia plantarum species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primò De Plantis in genere, Earúmque Partibus, Accidentibus & Differentiis; Deinde Genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad Species usque infimas, Notis suis certis & Characteristicis Definita, Methodo Naturae vestigiis insistente disponuntur; Species singulae accurate describuntur, obscura illustrantur, omissa supplentur, superflua resecantur, Synonyma necessaria adjiciuntur; Vires denique & usus recepti compendiò traduntur. Auctore Joanne Raio, E Societate Regiâ, & SS. Individuae Trinitatis Collegii apud Cantabrigienses quondam Socio.
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Londini : typis Mariæ Clark: prostant apud Henricum Faithorne Regiae Societatis Typographum, ad Insigne Rosae in Coemeterio D. Pauli, MDCLXXXVI. [1686]-1704.
Publication year
1686-1704
ESTC No.
T93675
Grub Street ID
313335
Description
3v. (v.1: [26],62,59-983,[1] p.; v.2: [8],985-1350,[2],1351-1944,[36]p.; v.3: [2],ix,[1],40,43-666,135,[1],112,225-255,[9] p.) ; 2°.
Note
Titlepages to vol.1 and 3 in red and black

Vol.2 is dated 1688

Vol.3 bears the imprint: "Londini: apud Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford"

Vol.1 is of the second state of issue A (see Henrey) with the imprimatur leaf

Signatures: v.1: pi]2] A]6(-A6) a]6] B-E]6] F]6(F5+chi]2) G-4O]6; v.2: A]4] 4P-5U]6] 5X]8] 5Y]6(5Y1+[dagger]1) 5Z-8A]6] 8B]4, a-c]4] d]6; v.3: [superscript pi]A]6] A-4O]4, a-r]4, ]2A-S]4, ]2a]4

With an imprimatur leaf on pi1v of vol. 1: Sept. 15. 1685. In Concilio Regiæ Societatis, Londini, ad Scientiam Naturalem promovendam. ... S. Pepys, Pr. R. S

With a slip cancel at foot of 4O4v of vol. 3

With a final errata leaf in vol. 3.
Uncontrolled note
Ht.: 37.5cm; gutter: 2.5cm. V.2, p.1944 is correctly numbered; Ray describes variant with p.1944 misnumbered 1940