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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 / by James Sowerby, F.L.S.

Author/creator Sowerby, James, 1757-1822
Other author/creatorSmith, James Edward, 1759-1828.
Other author/creatorShaw, George, 1751-1813.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for the author, by J. Davis, and sold at No. 2, Mead Place, near the Asylum, by Messrs. White, Booksellers, Fleet-street, Johnson, St. Paul's Church-yard, Dilly, in the Poultry, and by all Booksellers, &c. in Town and Country, MDCCXC-MDCCCXIV. [1790-1814]
Description36 volumes (2,592 leaves of plates (engravings)) : color illustrations ; 26 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Portion of title English botany
Portion of title Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth
Spine title Sowerby's English botany
Local noteJoyner Rare copy includes volume XIV (14) only. Also includes handwritten title page with a printed catalog description of the volumes pasted onto handwritten title page. Bookplate on front pastedown includes armorial crest of the Watkins family with the motto "Flyddlawn Bunydd" acroos the top, numbered "no. XIV", Boston, 1883, with the words [CasT ET?] at bottom of plate.
General note"[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]." Cf. Hunt
General noteOriginally issued in 267 numbers (cf. Henrey).
General noteDates vary: v. 1: 1790; v. 2: 1793; v. 3: 1794; v. 4:1795; v. 5: 1796; v. 6: 1797; v. 7: 1798; v. 8 & 9: 1799; v. 10 & 11: 1800; v. 12 & 13: 1801; v. 14 & 15: 1802; v. 16 & 17:1803; v. 18 & 19: 1804; v. 20 & 21: 1805; v. 22 & 23: 1806; v. 24 & 25: 1807; v. 26 & 27: 1808; v. 28 & 29: 1809; v. 30 & 31: 1810; v. 32: 1811; v. 33 & 34: 1812; v. 35: 1813; v. 36: 1814.
General noteHand-colored engravings.
General noteIncludes errata.
With noteWith: General indexes to the thirty-six volumes of English Botany; to which is added an alphabetical index to English fungi / James Sowerby. Lambeth : J. Sowerby, 1814.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
References English short title catalogue T147671
References Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit. 1366
References Hunt botanical cat. 717
References Pritzel 8789-8790
References Jackson, p. 233
References Johnston, S.H. Cleveland collections, 601
Issued in other formOnline version: Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. London : Printed for the author, by J. Davis, and sold ... by messrs. White ... Johnson ... Dilly ... and by all Booksellers, &c. ..., 1790-1814
Genre/formEarly works.
Genre/formIllustrated works.
LCCN 05019914

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