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Single Works. Botanique
Title:
Letters on the elements of botany ... Translated ... by Thomas Martyn ... The sixth edition, etc.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 706
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Publisher:
J. White
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1802
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Physical description:
xxiv, 503 pages ;
(8o)
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Language(s):
English
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B.D., F.R.S.
MARTYN, Thomas
MARTYN, Thomas
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016812989
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Title:
Letters on the elements of botany /
by Thomas Martyn ; trans by Regius Professor of botany.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 706
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s.n
Place of publication:
S.l
Publishing year:
1802
Edition:
6th ed.
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Language(s):
English
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Martyn, Thomas,
1735-1825.
1735-1825.
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010239059
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Letters on the elements of botany, addressed to a lady [Madame Delessert] by the celebrated J. J. Rousseau :
translated into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnæus /
by Thomas Martyn.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 706
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Publisher:
Printed for J. White
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1802
Edition:
6th edition /
with corrections and improvements
Physical description:
xxiv, 503, [28] p. :
ill., 1 folded chart; 38 col. pls. ;
21 cm.
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Language(s):
English
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In English.
With note:
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Additional author(s):
Linné, Carl von,
1707-1778
Martyn, Thomas,
1735-1825.
1707-1778
Martyn, Thomas,
1735-1825.
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Philosophia botanica
OPAC identifier:
9922691302081
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Indices of English and Latin names, orders of plants, and botanical terms on unnumbered pages at the end of the text.
NHM GENERAL - A. Reynell. No. 4. 20.ix.1927. 13/9.
NHM GENERAL - Substantial rip at the bottom of p. 23/24.
LINNLINK
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NHM GENERAL - A. Reynell. No. 4. 20.ix.1927. 13/9.
NHM GENERAL - Substantial rip at the bottom of p. 23/24.
LINNLINK
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Lettres élémentaires sur la botanique.
Title:
Letters on the elements of botany :
addressed to a lady /
by the celebrated J.J. Rousseau ; translated into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 706.
Edition details
Publisher:
Printed for J. White
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1802
Edition:
6th ed. /
with corrections and improvements.
Physical description:
xxiv, 503, [28] p. ;
22 cm.
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Language(s):
English, Latin
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Includes index.
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Provenance:
Barnhart, John Hendley, 1871-1949
Harris, Edward
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Subject:
Plants
Classification
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Martyn, Thomas,
1735-1825.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
1712-1778.
1735-1825.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
1712-1778.
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ocm06412536
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Lettres élémentaires sur la botanique.
Title:
Letters on the elements of botany :
Addressed to a lady /
By the celebrated J. J. Rousseau. Translated into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn, B.D. F.R. & L.S.S. Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 706
Edition details
Publisher:
Printed for J. White, at Horace's Head, Fleet-street
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1802
Edition:
Sixth edition, with corrections and improvements.
Physical description:
Pp. xxiv, 503, [28] :
folding table ;
21.7 cm (8°)
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Language(s):
English
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Signatures: Pi4 A-Z8 Aa-Ll8 Mm2 [$4 signed].
Press figures. A6v: 6. A7v: 4. C7v: 7. D6r: 7. E7v: 3. F6v: 7. G8r: 3. H6v: 3. I1v: 1. K5v: 7. L7r: 1. M!v: 3. M8v: 7. N1v: 3. O8r: 1. P8r: 3. Q1v: 3. R8r: 6. S8r: 6. T8v: 1. U8r: 7. X3v: 7. Y6v: 3. Z6v: 1. Z7v: 3. Aa5v: 3. Cc1v: 7. Dd5v: 3. Ee1v: 1. Ff5r: 6. Gg6r: 6. Hh1v: 4. Ii7v: 1. Kk3v: 6. Ll3v: 6.
Press figures. A6v: 6. A7v: 4. C7v: 7. D6r: 7. E7v: 3. F6v: 7. G8r: 3. H6v: 3. I1v: 1. K5v: 7. L7r: 1. M!v: 3. M8v: 7. N1v: 3. O8r: 1. P8r: 3. Q1v: 3. R8r: 6. S8r: 6. T8v: 1. U8r: 7. X3v: 7. Y6v: 3. Z6v: 1. Z7v: 3. Aa5v: 3. Cc1v: 7. Dd5v: 3. Ee1v: 1. Ff5r: 6. Gg6r: 6. Hh1v: 4. Ii7v: 1. Kk3v: 6. Ll3v: 6.
Contents notes:
Pi2r, title; pi3r, dedication to the ladies of Britain; pi4r-A2v (pp. vii-xii), the translator's preface; A3r-8v (pp. xiii-xxiv), the contents; B1r-C1v (pp. 1-18), main text, introduction; C2r-Kk4r (pp. 19-503) main text, 32 letters; Kk5r-Ll2r, index of English names; Ll2v-8r, index of Latin names; Ll8v, natural tribes; Mm1r-2v, index of terms.
Provenance:
London copy: front pastedown bears an engraved armorial bookplate without a name; an ink signature, with date 1825, above the bookplate is partially concealed by the library label. - Wisley copy bears on its fly-leaf an ink inscription - Helen Fowke, M.H.A. Nov. 1865 2nd hand - and a pencilled inscription - R. J. Clifford Read Ealing- 1900.
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Wisley copy bound with 1799 edition of Martyn's Thirty-eight plates.
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Subject:
Botany
Classification
Classification system: Linnaeus.
18th century.
19th century.
Classification
Classification system: Linnaeus.
18th century.
19th century.
Additional author(s):
Martyn, Thomas
(1735/6-1825).
(1735/6-1825).
Additional corporate author(s):
John White (London, England)
T. Bensley (London, England)
T. Bensley (London, England)
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London copy bound in half sheep, with paper over boards marbled in brown curl pattern. Blind decorative borders at leather edges. Spine divided into panels by blind double fillets. Red morocco lettering-piece with gilt double fillets and title: ROUSSEAU'S / BOTANY / TRANS. / T. MARTYN. Gilt date 1802 at base of spine, and gilt edition statement at mid-spine. Speckled edges.
Wisley copy recased in quarter calf, with brown cloth over boards and gilt date 1802 at base of spine. Much of original spine retained: brown calf, with four pairs of raised bands; gilt decorations in top and bottom compartments; gilt title: LETTERS / ON / BOTANY // ROUSSEAU // MARTYN'S / ILLUSTRATIONS. Red speckled edges; top-edge stained. Endpapers with modern oil-marbling in feather pattern.
Wisley copy recased in quarter calf, with brown cloth over boards and gilt date 1802 at base of spine. Much of original spine retained: brown calf, with four pairs of raised bands; gilt decorations in top and bottom compartments; gilt title: LETTERS / ON / BOTANY // ROUSSEAU // MARTYN'S / ILLUSTRATIONS. Red speckled edges; top-edge stained. Endpapers with modern oil-marbling in feather pattern.
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