Bidspirit auction | Linné, Carolus A. – MATERIA

Linné, Carolus A. – MATERIA MEDICA. Leipzig. Apud Wolfgangum Waltherum. 1782. [xlviii], 304, [xvi] págs. 20,5 x 12,5 cm. E. - Fourth edition, the most enlarged of the previous ones, prepared by D. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, professor of materia medica at the University of Erlangen and a direct pupil of Linnaeus from his years of study in Uppsala. The work, first published in 1753, is considered perhaps the most influential of Linnaeus's writings in the field of medicine. It examines medicinal substances divided into classes and orders, according to taste (insipid, intense, bitter) and smell (pleasant and strong); plants are listed by their genus and common names, and information is drawn from various countries outside Europe. Carolus Linnaeus (Råshult, 1707 – Uppsala, 1778), in Portuguese Carlos Lineu, was a botanist, zoologist, and physician, founder of binomial nomenclature and modern scientific classification. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (Weißensee, 1739 – Erlangen, 1810) was a German naturalist, pupil of Linnaeus in Uppsala, professor of materia medica and director of the botanical garden in Erlangen, and later president of the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences (1791–1810). Copy with a Swedish postage stamp from 1963, designed by H. Linnqvist, depicting Linnaeus's former country retreat and present house-museum and botanical garden of the University of Uppsala, Hammarby Carl von Linné, affixed to the inside of the binding. The last printed page bears an oleographic stamp. Illustrated with a decorative fleuron on the title page, with small headpieces composed of floral motifs and matching tail-piece fleurons, and others featuring bunches of grapes and floral sprays. Contemporary full leather binding with raised bands and gilt tooling in closed compartments. Crimson-stained edges.