The Language of Botany: Being a Dictionary of the Terms Made Use of in That Science, Principally by Linneus; With Familiar Explanations, and an ... With Critical Remarks (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

Martyn, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 0266538851 ISBN 13: 9780266538851

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2019

Riassunto

Excerpt from The Language of Botany: Being a Dictionary of the Terms Made Use of in That Science, Principally by Linneus; With Familiar Explanations, and an Attempt to Establish Significant English Terms; The Whole Interspersed With Critical Remarks

So long as Botany continued to be lindied Only among thofe who had received a learned Education; the original terms of Linneus, derived from the Greek or Latin, ferved all the purp'ofes of general intercourfe. But when it became univerfally adopted, a Vernacular Language would of couri'e be gradually formed and if it were to be left to chance, or the choice of the ignorant, many abfurdities and barbarifrns would be introduced, debaling our fierling Englifh.

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0266538851
• ISBN 13: 9780266538851
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 430
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile