Balfour, John Hutton (1808-1884)
- Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884.
- Date:
- 1845
- Reference:
- MSS.1043-1045
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Botanical lectures. Author's holograph MSS. Inside the upper cover of Vol. III is a pasted-in visiting card, inscribed 'Professor Balfour/Royal Botanic Garden/Edinburgh'. Produced in Edinburgh.
Publication/Creation
1845
Physical description
3 volumes 3 vols. 8vo. 20 x 13 cm. Original half-calf binding. With the writer's book-plate, which is also used, pasted on the spines, as a cover-title.
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Acquisition note
Purchased 1913.
Biographical note
The author was professor of botany at Glasgow University in 1841, and at Edinburgh in 1845.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Accession number
- 32178