[Rarebooks] FS: Rousseau's "Letters on... Botany..." + Martyn w/38 color plates. London: 1807 and 1799

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(BOTANY) Rousseau, Jean Jacques. LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY,
Addressed to a Lady... Translated Into English, with Notes, and
Twenty-Four Additional Letters, Fully Explaining the System of
Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn... The Seventh Edition, with Corrections and
Improvements. London: Printed for John White. 1807. xxiv,504,(26)pp.
Indices. Folding classification table. BOUND WITH: Martyn, Thomas.
THIRTY-EIGHT PLATES WITH EXPLANATIONS; INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE
LINNAEUS'S SYSTEM OF VEGETABLES, and Particularly Adapted to the
Letters on the Elements of Botany. London: Printed for J. White. 1799.
vi,72pp., interleaved with 38 hand-colored plates of flowers, each with
multiple images, with the text referencing both the plates and
Rousseau's letters. Plus 8pp. publisher's ads. Cont. paneled & tooled
diced calf, spine decorated in blind & gilt. Outer hinges with hairline
splits but holding soundly. Small chip at head of spine. Bookplate on
front pastedown.	$650.00 (trade discount allowed)

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