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Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London: with their places of growth, and times of flowering; their several names according to Linnæus and other authors: with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English. To which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural oeconomy, and other arts.
By William Curtis ...
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 664d, 664e
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printed for and sold by the Author
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1777-1828 [1775-1828]
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Physical description:
5 volumes ;
(folio)
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Language(s):
English
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Originally published in six fascicles, bound in two volumes dated 1777 and 1798. Each fascicle consisted of 12 separate issues, each with six plates and accompanying text. A new edition printed for George Graves with descriptions written, enlarged, or rewritten by William Jackson Hooker was published between 1817 and 1828.
A mixed set comprising: Vols. I and II (published 1777, 1798) containing fascicles 1-6 (these are another issue of the edition placed at 1823.e.4); Vol. III has the titlepage of the new edition, enlarged by George Graves, dated 1826, but the text is a new setting of fasc. 5 and 6 of the edition of 1798; vols. IV and V are of the new edition, enlarged by George Graves and William Jackson Hooker. The general indexes to fasc. 1-3 and 4-6 are omitted.
Vols. 3-5 bear the imprint: London: printed for George Graves, Peckham.
With a list of subscribers and directions for binding at the end of the Preface in the first volume.
A mixed set comprising: Vols. I and II (published 1777, 1798) containing fascicles 1-6 (these are another issue of the edition placed at 1823.e.4); Vol. III has the titlepage of the new edition, enlarged by George Graves, dated 1826, but the text is a new setting of fasc. 5 and 6 of the edition of 1798; vols. IV and V are of the new edition, enlarged by George Graves and William Jackson Hooker. The general indexes to fasc. 1-3 and 4-6 are omitted.
Vols. 3-5 bear the imprint: London: printed for George Graves, Peckham.
With a list of subscribers and directions for binding at the end of the Preface in the first volume.
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Subject:
Wild flowers
Great Britain
Additional author(s):
Sir,
Hooker, William Jackson,
1785-1865.
Hooker, William Jackson,
1785-1865.
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OPAC identifier:
000841077
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Title details
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Uniform title:
Title:
Flora Londinensis :
containing a history of the Plants indigenous to Great Britain.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 664e
Edition details
Publisher:
Printed for George Graves, by Richard and Arthur Taylor
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1817-28
Edition:
A new edition /
enlarged by G. Graves and W.J. Hooker.
Physical description:
5 vols. :
ill., 647 leaves of pls. (col.) with descriptive letterpress ;
50cm.
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Language(s):
English
Notes
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This copy has been bound in systematic order, and references supplied in manuscript on the "General Index.".
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Graves, George,
1777-1834.
Sir,
Hooker, William Jackson,
1785-1865.
1777-1834.
Sir,
Hooker, William Jackson,
1785-1865.
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OPAC identifier:
9910325802081
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By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
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