English botany; or coloured figures of British plants. . Edited by John T. Boswell Syme, ... The popular portion by Mrs. Lankester ... The figures by J. Sowerby [and others].
John Thomas Irvine Boswell Syme (1822-1888)
Category
Books
Date
1863 - 1872
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3018428
Summary
Bibliographic description
11v.,plates.. Imperfect: wanting vols. 12 and 13. Previous shelfmark: K.5.. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Publisher's green embossed cloth, gilt tops.
Makers and roles
John Thomas Irvine Boswell Syme (1822-1888) Phebe Lankester (1825-1900) James Sowerby (London 1757 - London 1822)