The vegetable system. : Or, The internal structure and the life of plants, their parts, and nourishment, explained; their classes, orders, genera, and species, ascertained, and described; in a method altogether new: comprehending an artificial index, and a natural system. ... / By John Hill. ...
John Hill (1714-1775)
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3242064
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (v. 22-23) ; fol. Vol. 22 bound with vol. 21 (2nd ed., 1775); vol. 23 bound with vol. 24 (1774). In vol. 22, plate 55 is loose and has been trimmed. Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Eighteenth-century polished tree sheep over boards on six recessed cords; gilt spine tooling; olive-green and black spine labels; Greek key border roll on covers; gilt rolls on board edges and inners; yellow painted edges; pale blue silk bookmarks.
Makers and roles
John Hill (1714-1775), author