Geoffrey Keynes — John Ray: A Bibliography

London, Faber and Faber, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of Geoffrey Keynes bibliography of the works of John Ray. Illustrated throughout. First edition. Limited to 650 copies. Illustrated throughout with 4 collotypes and 16 reproductions of title pages. Collated complete. Bibliography of the works of John Ray, a Christian English naturalist widely regarded as the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. His classification of plants in 'Historia Plantarum' was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Written by Geoffrey Keynes, a British surgeon and author, notable for innovations in the fields of blood transfusion and breast cancer surgery. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .