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Linnaeus & Sibly's Natural History of Man - Volume 1 with 12 Originally Hand-coloered Ethnographic Engravings - This is volume one with 12 originally hand-colored engravings of Sir Charles Linnaeus & Ebenezer Sibley's A Genuine and Universal System of Natural History... or Magazine of Natural History . The work was published in London in 1794 and printed for the proprietor and sold by Champante and Whitrow. The volume is bound in full calf, gold gilt detailing and lettering to spine, some embossed detailing. The volume is specifically entitled The Natural History of Man , and includes 12 originally hand-colored ethnographic engravings (including the frontispiece). It followed Linnaeus's classification methods exploring animals, vegetables, minerals, humans, and other natural history subjects. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1788) was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who formalized the system of binomial nomenclature which is still in practice today. He is considered the Father of Taxonomy. Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1799) was an English physician and astrologer. He also wrote works on the occult. He believed in the theory of environmentalist monogenism purporting a single human origin of which he claimed the white race was the first on earth and that climate was the cause of darker skin. Paper Size: ~ 5 1/4” by 8 3/8” Paper Type or Special Features: Volume 1 with 12 Originally Hand-coloered Ethnographic Engravings