Joannis Raii Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum: tum indigenis, tum in agris cultis locis suis dispositis; additis generum characteristicis, specierum descriptionibus & virium epitome. Duobus tomis.
John Ray (1627-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007630
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ([18], 288, *281-*288; [2], 289-482, [30] p.), XXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 5757. Wanting the original title page to vol. 1. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol. Cum Tabb. 24" [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price at head and code at foot of vol. 1 front pastedown: "-8-6" and "ho-go". Manuscript code on vol. 1 rear pastedown: "Soki vol. oeo"[?]. Manuscript inscription on pasted down side of vol. 2 front pastedown visible in reverse through the paper: "Edward Kelsall His Book 1724". Slip of paper loosely inserted at front of vol. 2, with partial manuscript inscription: "32.F.1 Wanting ...". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets and vol. number on spines. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Ray (1627-1705) Johann Jakob Dillenius (1687-1747), editor William Sherard (1659-1728), supervisor Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS (1660-1753), author