Flora: seu, De florum cultura. . Or, a complete florilege, furnished with all requisites belonging to a florist.
John Rea (d.1681)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049407
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26],231,[9]p., [9] plates . ill.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.3.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier plate of the 5th earl, surmounted with the baronet's coronet [i.e.: after marriage in 1763 but prior to assumption of earldom of Stamford in 1768].. Binding: Sprinkled calf; blind ruled and rolled; spine gilt; red spine label: 'Reas flora'; front board detached.
Makers and roles
John Rea (d.1681)