Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei. An Illustration of the sexual system of the Genera Plantarum of Linnaeus See also Pritzel 6933

See also Pritzel 6933

James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897) was an American botanist and mycologist graduated from Harvard University

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The Sciaenidae are a family of fish commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make (from Wiki)

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Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei. An Illustration of the sexual system of the Genera Plantarum of Linnaeus See also Pritzel 6933Pp. (120), engraved emblematic frontispiece, engraved title, subscribers list, with 108 fine hand colored engraved plates heightened with gum Arabic (4 hand colored engraved plates of leaf shapes + 104 hand colored engraved plates of flowers) and 108 uncolored plates printed in black (all plates in this work appear in two states, one state is hand colored and the other is monochrome). Bound to style by the Studio Bindery of Kingston on Thames, Surrey,