British wild flowers. . Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, ... Described, with an introduction and a key to the natural orders, by C. Pierpoint Johnson.
John Edward Sowerby (London 1825-London 1870)
Category
Books
Date
1860
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140386
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],xlix,[3],168 p., col. plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Photograph titled 'Johnby Hall' attached to front pastedown. manuscript annotation front flylef verso: 'fine copy 2/18/-'.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "C. L. from Tiger July 1930".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green leather, single gilt fillet at leather edges; green cloth over boards; five false raised bands; spine gilt lettered direct; marbled endpapers; all page edges gilt.
Makers and roles
John Edward Sowerby (London 1825-London 1870) Charles Pierpoint Johnson (d.1893)