Candolle Regni vegetabilis systema naturale

BOTANY (2). CANDOLLE, Augustine Pyramus de. Regni vegetabilis systema naturale, sive ordines, genera et species plantarum secundum methodi naturalis normas digestarum et descriptarum. Auctore Aug. Ptramo de Candolle. 1-2. Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1818-21. 8vo. (4), 564; (4), 745, 425-428 pp. Folding printed table. Foxing, and some minor spotting, pp. 17-18 in part 2 with tear in the inner margin. Contemporary green half calf bindings, spines gilt with red labels, red edges, slightly worn and rubbed, small wormhole. Two volumes. From the library of J. L. Mieg, with his bookplate, and of Måns Ryberg, with his signature.Steflau 993. The second part with the pages 425-428 doubled at the end, reprinted and reset, probably for cancellation . The first 116 pp in part one contains a Bibliotheca botanica, a list of printed botanical works, with a supplement in part two on pp.701-712. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841), Swiss botantist at Geneva, and father to several botanists.