Search Results: An Arrangement Of British Plants by William Withering

Printed for The Author, by M. Swinney, 1796. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1796. Third Edition. 402 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Vol I. Half leather bound to patterned boards, with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Both hinges cracked, thus the boards are slack. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting and loss to spine ends and corners. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, soiling and marking to boards.

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London: Printed for C.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1830. lxiv, 394; [iv], 590, 590*; [iv], 591-1169; [iv], 1-320, 337-444, [1], 35 engraved plates. . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, cont. cloth, Vol. II, binding broken between pp. 1166/1167. Some spotting, browning, foxing and offsetting. A good set.. Seventh edition, in four volumes: 'Including the most recent discoveries, and numerous enlarged annotations illustrative of the vegetable economy.' Stafleu & Cowan 18.081..

M Swinney (Printer)/G. G. & J. Robinson 1796. 4 VOLUME SET, octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering to title plate to spines, vol 1- xii + 402pp, vol 2- 512pp, vol 3- 408pp, vol 4- 418pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate chafing to spines, light cracking to front hinge of vol 1, moderate chafing to boards with light soiling, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, enthusiastic annotations to eps & text throughout in ink & pencil, owner's name in ink to fep, buckram reinforcements to gutters- very sturdy)

Birmingham: M. Swinney, 1796. 223x145mm. (8¾x5¾").. Birmingham, M. Swinney, 1796. En 4º (223 x 145)mm. 4 volúmenes. -I: (12), 402 pp. -II: (4), 512 pp. -III. (4), 513-920 -IV: (4), 418, (2) pp. 31 láminas grabadas. Cartoné original, sin cortar. Tercera edición. "Su obra publicada más importante.... esta fue la primera flora de Gran Bretaña usando la nomenclatura binomial de Linneo". (Hunt, p. 452). Además de las denominaciones botánicas, la obra incluye muchos de los usos médicos de las plantas. Las "Instrucciones al encuadernador" al final del volumen 4 indican la correcta colocación de las láminas, por lo demás confuso ya que las instrucciones de las láminas no se corresponden con las instrucciones para el encuadernador. Ejemplar con todos sus márgenes, sin cortar.

Birmingham: for the author, 1796. The first complete scientific classification and description of British plants in the English language . WITHERING, William (1741-99). An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. . . . 4 vols., 8vo. 31 engraved plates (1 hand-colored, 1 folding). Birmingham: for the author by M. Swinney [etc.], 1796. 212 x 130 mm. Calf c. 1796, a little rubbed, hinges cracking. Occasional foxing, a few marks and marginal notes in pen and pencil, but very good. Early owner's signature and bookplate in all vols. Third and Best Edition of the first flora of British plants to use Linnaean binomial nomenclature, and the first complete scientific classification and description of British plants in the English language. The first edition of Withering's British Plants, published in two volumes in 1776, "was little more than a translation of the portions of Linnaeus's writings relevant to English botany. As Withering acquired more botanical… Read More

, 4 uniform volumes (complete set), vol I - 402 pages, volumes II & III have continuous pagination 1 - 920 and index for both, volume IV - 418 pages with index for the volume and publisher's advertisements at the rear, with 99 plates throughout including 54 in colour, including 17 original drawings and watercolours by Elizabeth Wharton