Historia muscorum :. in qua circiter sexcentæ species veteres et novæ ad sua genera relatæ describuntur et iconibus genuinis illustrantur: cum appendice et indice synonymorum. /. Opera Jo. Jac. Dillenii, M. D. in Universitate Oxoniensi Botanices Professoris Sherardini.
Johann Jakob Dillenius (1687-1747)
Category
Books
Date
1741 - 1742
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3247457
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 576 p., LXXXV plates ;. 4to. Imperfect: missing all before p.553 and after p.576. The former was bound separately, the later (85 plates) cut out of the binding. Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf; spine with five raised bands and gilt fillets; brown, gilt lettered spine title label 'Dillen Historia muscor' and remains of volume title label 'III'; bright red edges.
Makers and roles
Johann Jakob Dillenius (1687-1747)