Linnaeus' Philosophia botanica

• Main Authors: Linné, Carl von, Freer, Stephen
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Botany; Classification; Early works to 1800; Nomenclature; Plants; Plants > Classification > Early works to 1800

In this new translation of Philosophia Botanica, example pages from Linnaeus' original Latin text are presented alongside Stephen Freer's English translation of the complete text. The book contains images of all eleven of the original plates, which illustrate the shapes of leaves and other...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica -- Title page -- Dedication -- To the botanical reader -- Introduction -- I. The library -- II. Systems -- III. Plants -- IV. The fruit-body -- V. Sex -- VI. Characters -- VII. Names -- VIII. Definitions -- IX. Varieties -- X. Synonyms -- XI. Sketches -- XII. Potencies -- Plates 1-11 -- Memoranda -- Addenda -- Omissa -- Errata -- Translator's notes -- Appendix I: The Linnaean classes and orders -- Appendix II: The natural orders -- Appendix III: Abbreviations of names of botanists and other authorities -- Appendix IV: Selective list of Linnaeus' works up to 1753 -- Appendix V: Selective list of other botanical works -- Appendix VI: Principal sources used for this edition -- Indexes -- Contents and terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Genera -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z