Johnson, Thomas ( -1644)
- Johnson, Thomas, d.1644
- Date:
- Early 18th century
- Reference:
- MS.3081
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Descriptio iteneris plantarum investigationis ergo suscepti in Agrum Cantianum, Anno Dom[ini], 1632, et enumeratio plantarum in Ericeto Hampstediano locisque vicinis crescentium. ... Excudebat Tho[mas] Cotes. 1632. Inter-leaved transcript of the second edition of Johnson's work, first printed in 1629. With inserted A.l.s. dated 11/7/1928, referring to the MS. from F. R. W. Needham, Secretary to the Department of Western MSS., Bodleian Library.
Publication/Creation
Early 18th century
Physical description
1 volume 5 ll. + 61 pp. 8vo. 191/2 × 12 cm. Original calf binding, damaged.
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Acquisition note
Purchased 1928.
Biographical note
The author was a botanist, and published an edition of Gerard's Herbal. He obtained his M.D. at Oxford in 1643 and died the following year in the Civil War [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
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).
Ownership note
Armorial bookplate of John Wilmer, and of the Society of Apothecaries.
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Accession number
- 48351