Philosophia Botanica was published by the Swedish naturalist and physician Carl Linnaeus who greatly influenced the development of botanical taxonomy and systematics in the 18th and 19th centuries. It
Title page to a 1783 edition of Linnaeus's Philosophia Botanica, first published in 1751
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), who established the binomial system of plant nomenclature
lossy page 1 Carl von Linné, 1707 1778, botanist, professor Nationalmuseum 15723 .tif
George Clifford III was a wealthy Dutch banker and one of the directors of the Dutch East India Company. He is known for his keen interest in plants and gardens.
George Clifford
A pressed specimen of Galanthus nivalis (ref: NHM BM000558558) from the herbarium, mounted using a label made to look like an urn.