Outlines of the geography of plants: . with particular enquiries concerning the native country, the culture, and the uses of the principal cultivated plants on which the prosperity of nations is based. By F. J. F. Meyen ... Translated by Margaret Johnston.
Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (1804-1840)
Category
Books
Date
1846
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3060458
Summary
Bibliographic description
x,422p., plates (some folding) . 8vo.. Pencil and ink notes on endpapers. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House. Inscription on front free endpaper: 'gift of Cathy June 2d 1857[?]' [i.e. a gift to Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875)] from his wife, Caroline Catherine Wilkinson, nee Lucas (1822-1881)]. Binding: Publisher's dark-green cloth binding, gilt device of Ray Society on front board. Binder's ticket on end pastedown: 'Bound by Westleys & Clark. London.'.
Makers and roles
Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (1804-1840) Margaret Johnston Ray Society. London