Principia botanica: or, a concise and easy introduction to the sexual botany of Linnæus. . With the genera; their mode of growth, (as tree, shrub, or herb;) the number of species to each genus; Where principally native; and the number indigenous to the British Isles: arranged in columns under each class and order; and digested alphabetically under several generic distinctions. By which means most plants may be thus far ascertained. Together with three indexes. I. Of the Linnaean genera accented, with the British names. II. Of such trivial names as were the genera of old authors. III. Of the British names, with the Linnaean genera; to which are added many of the specific names. Also, A table of several vegetable drugs not in the indexes.
Robert Waring Darwin of Elston (1724 - 1816)
Category
Books
Date
1787
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3138492
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[1],280,[2]p. . 8vo.. Interleaved with blank pages. - manuscript notes on endpapers. Note by William Straw junior loosely inserted inside front board. Provenance: Probably purchased by William Straw junior (1898-1990). Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf, gilt-rolled border, recessed cords, gilt-lettered on red label "Principia botanica".
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed contents of the house to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Makers and roles
Robert Waring Darwin of Elston (1724 - 1816)