Bentham, G. — Notes on the classification, history, and geographical distribution of Compositae.

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, Williams and Norgate, 1873. 8vo (22.0 x 14.3 cm). 213 pp. [numbered 365-577]; four lithographed plates [numbered 8-11]. Original printed front wrapper. = An important work by the British botanist George Bentham (1800-1884) "...whose classification of seed plants (Spermatophyta), based on an exhaustive study of all known species, served as a foundation for modern systems of vascular plant taxonomy (Britannica). This is the Society's complete Journal, Volume 13(70-72), i.e., three numbers combined into one. Slight chiping to front wrapper top edge; rear wrapper lacking; otherwise an excellent, clean copy.