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An arrangement of British plants,
according to the latest improvements of the Linnean system; with an easy introduction to the study of botany.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 4889.
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Publisher:
Printed for Cadell and Davies [etc.]
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1818
Edition:
6th ed.,
corr. and considerably enlarged by William Withering.
Physical description:
4 v.
plates.
22 cm.
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Language(s):
English
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Subject:
Plants
Great Britain.
Additional author(s):
Withering, William,
1775-1832.
1775-1832.
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ocm05785082
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A botanical arrangement of British plants
Title:
An arrangement of British plants, according to the latest improvements of the Linnæan System :
with a easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates /
By William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon; Fellow of the Linnean Society; Honorary Member of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh, &c.
Soulsby no.:
Post-Soulsby no. 4889
Edition details
Publisher:
Printed for Cadell and Davies [et al.]
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1818
Edition:
6th edition, in four volumes: corrected and considerably enlarged /
by William Withering, Esq. [the younger] F.L.S. Extraordinary Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinbrugh, &c. &c.
Physical description:
4 v. :
ill. ;
22 cm (8°)
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Language(s):
English
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Signatures: Vol. 1: pi2 A-Z8 AA-CC8 DD3; Vol. 2: pi2 B-Z8 Aa-Pp8 Qq2; Vol. 3: pi2 B-Z8 Aa-Oo8 Pp1 [$2 signed].
Previously entitled "A systematic arrangement of British plants" (fifth edition), "A botanical arrangement of British plants" (second and third editions) and "A botanical arrangement of all the vegetables naturally growing in Great Britain" (first edition).
Wisley: title on spine: Withering's Botanical Arrangemets [sic.].
Title page bears tags from Linnaeus - "Primus gradus sapientiæ est res ipsas nosse" - and Thunberg: "Inscrescunt quotannis Scientiæ, emendatur quotidie, et ad fastigium suum optatum sensim sensimque, plurium virorum opera et studio junctis, feliciter properant".
Volume I: Pp. xx, 402, [4], [17] leaves of plates. Volume II: [iv], 595 [12] leaves of plates. Volume III: [iv], 597-1138, [36], [3] leaves of plates. Volume IV: [iv], 481, [18], [2] leaves of plates.
Previously entitled "A systematic arrangement of British plants" (fifth edition), "A botanical arrangement of British plants" (second and third editions) and "A botanical arrangement of all the vegetables naturally growing in Great Britain" (first edition).
Wisley: title on spine: Withering's Botanical Arrangemets [sic.].
Title page bears tags from Linnaeus - "Primus gradus sapientiæ est res ipsas nosse" - and Thunberg: "Inscrescunt quotannis Scientiæ, emendatur quotidie, et ad fastigium suum optatum sensim sensimque, plurium virorum opera et studio junctis, feliciter properant".
Volume I: Pp. xx, 402, [4], [17] leaves of plates. Volume II: [iv], 595 [12] leaves of plates. Volume III: [iv], 597-1138, [36], [3] leaves of plates. Volume IV: [iv], 481, [18], [2] leaves of plates.
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London: Title pages bear the autograph: Middleton.
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With note:
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Subject:
Flora
Great Britain.
Floras
Great Britain.
Floras
Additional author(s):
Withering, William
(1776-1832).
(1776-1832).
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William Flint (London, England)
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Includes bibliography, Vol. 1 pp. 101-112.
London: Bound in full diamond-pattern calf, with gilt double fillets on boards; gilt pattern on board edges. Panelled spine with five shallow bands blind-tooled in rope pattern, flanked by gilt dotted lines and blind decorative rolls; blind and gilt decorative patterns in panels. Black morocco label with gilt title: WITHERING'S / BOTANY. Volume numbers within gilt shields in fourth compartment. Red speckled edges. Endpapers marbled in brown shell pattern. Wisley: Half-bound in brown cloth and marbled paper (formerly endpapers) over boards with gilt-stamped spine title (bound by Nick Cowlishaw, September 1998).
London: Bound in full diamond-pattern calf, with gilt double fillets on boards; gilt pattern on board edges. Panelled spine with five shallow bands blind-tooled in rope pattern, flanked by gilt dotted lines and blind decorative rolls; blind and gilt decorative patterns in panels. Black morocco label with gilt title: WITHERING'S / BOTANY. Volume numbers within gilt shields in fourth compartment. Red speckled edges. Endpapers marbled in brown shell pattern. Wisley: Half-bound in brown cloth and marbled paper (formerly endpapers) over boards with gilt-stamped spine title (bound by Nick Cowlishaw, September 1998).