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Smith, James Edward

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Tracts relating to natural history / by James Edward Smith.

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Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 2624

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Printed for the author by J. Davis

Place of publication:

London

Publishing year:

1798

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Physical description:

312 s., 7 tav.

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English

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Proveniens: Med navnetræk

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Additional author(s):

Linné, Carl von

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20231016124142.0

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Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828.

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Tracts relating to natural history.

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Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 1093,Soulsby no. 2624

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Publisher:

Printed for the author by J. Davis

Place of publication:

London

Publishing year:

1798

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Physical description:

xiv, 312 p. : 7 leaves of plates (some col.) ; 22 cm.

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Language(s):

English

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Contents notes:

Contains 'Reflections on the study of nature' (pp. 1-46) and 'Discourse on the rise and progress of natural history' (pp. 47-162).

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NHM BOTANY - Bookplate of 'Norman Douglas Simpson' on inside front cover. A previous owner's name has been obscured by ink at the top of the t.p.

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Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778

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Reflections on the study of nature
Discourse on the rise and progress of natural history

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9924963502081

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Duplicate Soulsby no. 3439
By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
NHM BOTANY - From label on front endpaper: Presented by the Executors of Norman Douglas Simpson in 1974. A previous acquistion is also recorded on inside front cover: Wheldon and Wesley, 1948.
NHM BOTANY - A previous owner's name has been obscured by ink at the top of the t.p. Front and back hinges are cracking.
NHM GENERAL - The volume has been rebound. Spine has raised bands. Edges are gilded.
NHM BOTANY - Bound in quarter half leather and marbled boards.
NHM BOTANY - Both front and back hinges are cracking, particularly the front.
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Author:

Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828

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Uniform title:

Title:

Tracts relating to natural history / by James Edward Smith

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Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 1093, 2624

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Publisher:

Printed for the Author by J.Davis, and sold by J.White, Fleet-Street ;

Place of publication:

London ;

Publishing year:

1798

Edition:

Physical description:

xii, 312p ill., 7 plates (6 coloured) ; 23cm

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Language(s):

English

Notes

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Plate 5 (Boronia serrulata) has been inserted opposite the title page; the remaining plates have been bound at the end of the text rather than according to the "Directions for Placing the Plates" included in the volume.

Contents notes:

Main text consists of 12 papers. 1. Reflections on the study of nature. Translated from the Latin of the celebrated Linnaeus. 2. Discourse on the rise and progress of natural history. Read at the opening of the Linnean Society, April 8, 1788. 3. Observations on the irritability of vegetables. From the Philosophical Transactions for 1788. 4. Review of Mr Curtis's Botanical Magazine, or Flower Garden displayed. From the Analytical Review, Vol. 3, for January 1789. 5. Review of a Synopsis of the natural history of Great Britain and Ireland ; by John Berkenhout, M.D. From the Analytical Review, Vol. 3, for March 1789. 6. Review of an Easy introduction to drawing flowers according to Nature ; by James Sowerby. From the Analytical Review, Vol. 3, for March 1789. 7. Review of Thoughts on the different Kinds of Food given to young Silkworms ; by S. Bertezen. From the Analytical Review, Vol. 3, for May 1789. 8. Review of a Dutch edition of the Systema Naturae of Linnaeus. Read before the Linnaean Society, March 3, 1789. 9. A Botanical Essay on the genera of Dorsiferous ferns. Translated from the Latin, published in the Fifth Volume of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Turin, in 1793. 10. Description of a New Genus of Plants called Sprengelia. First published in Swedish, in the Transactions of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm for 1794, page 260, tab. 8. 11. Description of a New Genus of Plants called Westringia. Lately published in Swedish, in the Transactions of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. 12. Description of a New Genus of Plants called Boronia. Now first published ; with some particulars of the death of Francis Borone.

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In ms. in ink opposite front pastedown : James Hardy 1864

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Berkenhout, John, 1726-1791 37454
Curtis, William, 1746-1799 13922
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 37455
Bertezen, Salvatore ; fl.1780s 65786
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778 17093
Borone, Francesco 1769-1794 37459
Botany 108309
Collected writings 111038

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Hardy, James,
1815-1898

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u89767

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StEdRBGE : Octavo S Binding : Paper over boards.

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Smith, James Edward, Sir (1759-1828)

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Uniform title:

Title:

Tracts relating to natural history / by James Edward Smith.

Varying title form:

Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 2624

Edition details

Publisher:

J. Davis

Place of publication:

London

Publishing year:

1798

Edition:

Physical description:

xiv p., 2 ¿., [3]-312 p., 7 plates : ill. ; 21cm.

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Language(s):

English

Notes

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Contents notes:

Contents include: Discourse on the rise and progress of natural history : read at the opening of the Linnean Society, April 8, 1788 (pp.47-162).

Provenance:

Presented by Miss Bromfield, 1853" (bookplate)

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Subject:

Natural history

Additional author(s):

Bromfield, William Arnold
(1801-1851)
Miss
Bromfield, Eliza

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Additional title(s):

Discourse on the rise and progress of natural history

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ocm01662188

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Smith, James Edward (1759-1828).

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Tracts relating to natural history / by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. etc. etc. President of the Linnaean Society.

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Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 1093 & 2624

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Publisher:

printed for the author

Place of publication:

London

Publishing year:

1798

Edition:

Physical description:

Pp. xiv, [i], 312, 7 leaves of plates, 6 in colour : port. ; 22.2 cm.

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Language(s):

English

Notes

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Quotation on title-page: "Still let me various Nature scan: / The world's my Home, my brother Man, / And GOD is every where." PETRIE.
Bound in before the half-title is a MS letter from J. E. Smith to Dawson Turner, dated from Norwich Sept. 8. 1802, folded to fit the size of the book; it is followed by a flap with the text: "Inserted, An original letter from Dr Smith; & a portrait, a private study by Edwards". The portrait is bound in facing the title-page; it is an engraving of Smith, "from a bust by Bullock. 1810". On M2v (p. 164) is pasted a note by Dawson Turner referring to a paper by Noisette on irritability in plants.
Complete imprint statement: London: printed for the author, by J. Davis, and sold by J. White, Fleet-street. 1798.
Press figures. 2: B3v, C2v, K7r, M5r, U6r. 3: E8r, F4v, H2v, N6r. 4: G6v, I2v, T8r. 5: D1v, N4v, P8r, S7v, T5r. 6: C1v, O2v, Q6v, S2v. 7: I7v. 9: L7r.

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Main text consists of 12 papers, two of them published for the first time, the others reprinted: listed here with years of original publication (details given in table of contents). 1. Reflections on the study of nature, translated from Linnaeus (1785). 2. Discourse on the rise and progress of natural history, read at the opening of the Linnean Society (1788). 3. Observations on the irritability of vegetables (1788). 4. Review of Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1789). 5. Review of Berkenhout's Synopsis of the natural history of Great Britain and Ireland (1789). 6. Review of Sowerby's Easy introduction to drawing flowers (1789). 7. Review of Bertezen on silkworms (1789). 8. Review of a Dutch edition of Linnaeus' Systema naturae (1789). 9. A botanical essay on the genera of dorsiferous ferns (1793). 10. Description of a new genus of plants called Sprengelia (1794). 11. Description of a new genus of plants called Westringia (first English publication). 12. Description of a new genus of plants called Boronia... with some particulars of the death of Francis Borone (first publication).

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Copy formerly belonging to Dawson Turner, with his autograph on the title-page, and MS. letter to him from the author. On front pastedown is a pencilled note identifying the book as Dawson Turner's copy, with autograph letter and portrait inscribed; also "NB. Pl. 5 loose p. 295".

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Borone, Francesco ( -1794).
Linnean Society of London (London, England).
Botany
Ferns
Boronia
Sprengelia
Westringia

Additional author(s):

Linné, Carl von
(1707-1778).
Smith, James Edward
(1759-1828)
Crowe, James
(1750-1807)
Turner, Dawson William
(1815-1885)
Turner, Dawson William
(1815-1885)

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John White (London, England)
Jonas Davis (London, England)

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Bound in brown cloth with gilt spine title SMITH / - / TRACTS ON / NATURAL / HISTORY.

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Author:

Smith, James Edward, 1759-1828

Corporate author:

Main entry uniform title:

Uniform title:

Title:

Tracts relating to natural history / by James Edward Smith.

Varying title form:

Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 2624

Edition details

Publisher:

Printed for the author by J. Davis, and sold by J. White

Place of publication:

London

Publishing year:

1798

Edition:

Physical description:

xiv, 312 s., [7] pl.-bl. i färg 22 cm

Series entry:

Language(s):

English

Notes

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Contents notes:

S. [1]-46: Reflections on the study of nature / Carl von Linné

Provenance:

Peter Dubane Horsham 1798 ; stämpel: K. Vetenskaps Akademiens Bibliotek, KVAB Donavit Ove Almborn

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S KBKATALOG1955SPI (213401)
Naturhistoria https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Naturhistoria sao
Botanik https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Botanik sao
Botany
Natural history
Verk före 1800 https://id.kb.se/term/saogf/Verk%20f%C3%B6re%201800 saogf

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Horshan, Peter Dubane

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Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien

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3055650

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H Ägarens namnteckning i bläck på vänstra pärmens utsida
H Beige pappband med överdrag av gråpapper på pärmarnas utsidor, fast slät rygg med titel skriven i bläck oskurna snitt