English botany: or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks / James Sowerby.

  • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
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1790-1814
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English botany: or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks / James Sowerby. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for the author, by J. Davis, etc., 1790-1814.

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36 volumes, 2,592 leaves of color plates (engravings) : color illustrations ; (8vo)

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Includes indexes
Includes errata
"[Sir James Edward] Smith wrote the descriptions, except those for pls. 16-18 by George Shaw, but his name does not appear on the first three titles [i.e. title pages]" Hunt
Hand-colored engravings

References note

Pritzel 8789-8790
Jackson p. 233
Hunt 717
ESTC T147671
Henrey, 1366

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