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. ... Vol. XXIV. ...
John Hill (1714-1775)
Date
1774
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3242065
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (v. 24-25) ; fol. Vol. 24 bound with vol. 23 (1786); vol. 25 bound with vol. 26 (1775). Vol. 25, plate 38 numbers corrected in ms. 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