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 Linnaeus 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, Demonstrator of Botany to the Company of Apothecaries

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Main Author: Curtis, William
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London printed for and sold by the author, No. 51, Gracechurch-Street; and B. White, bookseller, in Fleet-Street 1777, 1777-1798
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Item Description:A variant of vol.I has "B. White and Son" in the imprint. - English Short Title Catalog, T83980. - Henrey, 595. - Originally published between 1775 and 1798 in 72 numbers, forming 6 fascicles to be bound in 2 vols. - Reissued with cancel titlepages and supplementary material in 1817-28. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Vol. I contains 2 lists of subscribers; a dedication to John Stuart, Earl of Bute; 'A catalogue of certain plants, growing wild, chiefly in the environs of Settle, .. '; the preface; 'General observations on the advantage which may result from the introduction of the seeds of our best grasses'; an index to the first 3 fascicles and indexes to fascs. 1,2,3,5 & 6. - Vol.II bears the imprint "London: printed for and sold by the author, .. 1798", and contains a dedication to John Coakley Lettsom
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (2v.,plates) 2°