Botanologia. The English herbal: . or, history of plants. [...] Adorned with exquisite icons or figures, of the most considerable species, [...] The whole in an alphabetical order. By William Salmon, M.D.
William Salmon (1644-1713)
Category
Books
Date
1710
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3047198
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([6],xxiv,1296,[44]p.),plate . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol... Plant specimens preserved between pp. 386-7, 834-5, 1006-7, 1290-1. Fragment of an manuscript letter featuring the name Richard Butt loosely inserted between pp. 1098-9. manuscript inscriptions on front pastedown in pencil: B7; 12/-/-. Binding: Rough calf (suede?); blind rolled; spine labelled.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Makers and roles
William Salmon (1644-1713)