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Corporate author:
Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Title:
Joannis Martyn Historia plantarum rariorum.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 621.
Edition details
Publisher:
Ex Typographia Richardi Reily
Place of publication:
Londini
Publishing year:
1728(-37)
Edition:
Physical description:
pp. [iv], iv, 52, pls. 52 [col.].
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Language(s):
Latin
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With note:
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Subject:
084.1:582.4
582.4
582.4
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OPAC identifier:
C27811
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Title:
Joannis Martyn Historia plantarum rariorum.
Centuria 1. Decas 1-5.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 621
Edition details
Publisher:
Ex Typographia Richardi Reily
Place of publication:
Londini
Publishing year:
1728-1737
Edition:
Physical description:
iv, 52p. :
col. ill., 50 lvs. of pls. ;
53 cm.
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Language(s):
Latin
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Decas 1, 1728 ; 2, 1729 ; 3, 1731 ; 4, 1735 (?) ; 5, 1737. The Preface is dated "Martii 25. 1728." The plates were drawn by Jacob van Huysum [1687-1740], William Houstoun, F.R.S. [1695-1733]. Richard Middleton Massey, M.D. [1678-1743], and P. Sartorius. They were engraved by Edward Kirkall [1695-1740]. Cf. Gorham (G. C.) Memoirs of John Martyn, &c. 1830, pp. 36. Hemsley (W. B.) F.R.S. New and complete index to The Botanical Magazine 1906, pp. xi. xii.
Title page in black and red.
Title page in black and red.
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This is thought to be the first English botanical work to include a Linnæan index.
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With note:
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Additional author(s):
Huysum, Jacob van,
1687-1747.
Massey, Richard Middleton,
1678-1743.
Houstoun, William,
1695-1733.
Hemsley, W. Botting
1843-1924
1687-1747.
Massey, Richard Middleton,
1678-1743.
Houstoun, William,
1695-1733.
Hemsley, W. Botting
1843-1924
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Royal Society (Great Britain)
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OPAC identifier:
9922544002081
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Index on p. iv.
By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
Bound in full leather with raised bands and gold tooling on spine. Housed in a slip case.
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By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
Bound in full leather with raised bands and gold tooling on spine. Housed in a slip case.
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Title details
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Uniform title:
Historia plantarum rariorum.
Title:
Joannis Martyn Historia plantarum rariorum ...
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 621.
Edition details
Publisher:
Ex Typographia Richardi Reily
Place of publication:
Londini
Publishing year:
1728-[1737]
Edition:
Physical description:
52 p.
50 col. pl.
55 cm.
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Language(s):
Latin
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Contains some of the earliest attempts at printing copper plates in color. The plates were "engraved by [Elisha] Kirkall in what is generally called 'mezzotint printed in colour.' The phrase is misleading. ... Kirkall achieved a half-hearted imitation of true mezzotint by rather clumsily roughening the toned parts of the plate with a roulette and leaving the rest of it untouched. The so-called 'colour-printing' was equally elementary: many of the figures are merely printed in a mossy green and touched with water-colour; in a few of the others, two or three different coloured inks have been used in a single printing." (Wilfrid Blunt, The art of botanical illustration (1950), p. 133.)
Engraved after Jacob van Huysum (pl. 1-22, 25-28, 33-35, 37); William Houstoun (23-24, 43); 'Massey M.D.' (29); W. Sartorius (31, 36); R. Sartorius (32); 'Sartorius' (38, 40); no artist (30, 39, 41, 42, 44-50; 39, 41 and 44 also without engraver's signature).
Published in five decades, the fifth and last to be published appearing in 1737.
Praefatio includes mezzotint headpiece and etched historiated initial 'S' printed in grey-green (p. [i]), unsigned.
Page before praefatio is engraved dedication to the Royal Society, unsigned.
Engraved after Jacob van Huysum (pl. 1-22, 25-28, 33-35, 37); William Houstoun (23-24, 43); 'Massey M.D.' (29); W. Sartorius (31, 36); R. Sartorius (32); 'Sartorius' (38, 40); no artist (30, 39, 41, 42, 44-50; 39, 41 and 44 also without engraver's signature).
Published in five decades, the fifth and last to be published appearing in 1737.
Praefatio includes mezzotint headpiece and etched historiated initial 'S' printed in grey-green (p. [i]), unsigned.
Page before praefatio is engraved dedication to the Royal Society, unsigned.
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Provenance:
Petre, Robert James Petre, Baron, 1713-1742.
Montague, Gilbert
Kidder, Nathaniel Thayer, 1860-1938.
Title history:
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With note:
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Subject:
Botany
Pre-Linnean works.
Plants Pictorial works.
Plants Pictorial works.
Additional author(s):
Martyn, John,
1699-1768.
Kirkall, Elisha,
1682?-1742
Huysum, Jacob van,
approximately 1687-approximately 1740
Houstoun, William,
1703-1733
Sartorius, R.,
active 18th century
Sartorius, W.,
active 18th century
1699-1768.
Kirkall, Elisha,
1682?-1742
Huysum, Jacob van,
approximately 1687-approximately 1740
Houstoun, William,
1703-1733
Sartorius, R.,
active 18th century
Sartorius, W.,
active 18th century
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OPAC identifier:
ocm08677976
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Index Linnaeanus": p. iv. (only appears in re-issue after 1768 with reset preface. cf. TL-2 5563).
Copy 1 contains decas 1-4 only (40 plates), and lacks engraved dedication and preface.
Copy 2 contains complete decas 1-5 (50 plates), lacks engraved dedication. Preface is the re-issue with Linnaean index.
Copy 3 contains decas 1-3 only (30 plates). Has engraved dedication and original preface.
Copy 1 contains decas 1-4 only (40 plates), and lacks engraved dedication and preface.
Copy 2 contains complete decas 1-5 (50 plates), lacks engraved dedication. Preface is the re-issue with Linnaean index.
Copy 3 contains decas 1-3 only (30 plates). Has engraved dedication and original preface.
Title details
Corporate author:
Main entry uniform title:
Uniform title:
Title:
Joannis Martyn Historia plantarum rariorum.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 621
Edition details
Publisher:
ex typographia Richardi Reily
Place of publication:
Londini
Publishing year:
1728
Edition:
Physical description:
iv, 32 p., [30] leaves of plates :
col. ill. ;
59 cm. (fol.)
Series entry:
Language(s):
Latin
Notes
General notes:
Text is divided into 3 decade, each decade having a separate caption title: Historiae plantarum rariorum centuriae primae. Decas prima[-tertia].
Mezzotint engraving by E. Kirkall, printed in colors, after J. van Huysum.
Title page in red and black.
Mezzotint engraving by E. Kirkall, printed in colors, after J. van Huysum.
Title page in red and black.
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With note:
Dissertation notes:
Subject:
Botany
Botanical illustration
Botanical illustration
Additional author(s):
Kirkall, Elisha
(c1682-1742)
Huysum, Jacob van
(c1687-1746)
(c1682-1742)
Huysum, Jacob van
(c1687-1746)
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OPAC identifier:
ocm14077460
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