Lindley, John, 1799-1865, Ladies' botany, or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany , [ca. 1842?]
- Title(s):
- Ladies' botany, or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany / by John Lindley.
- Additional Title(s):
Ladies' botany
Familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Published/Created:
- London : Ridgway, [ca. 1842?]
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. (xvi, 300; viii, 280 p.) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQK94 .L56 1840Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9304775
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engravings by Watts; after Sarah Anne Drake.
Printed by Norman and Skeen, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.
Ridgway traded with this imprint ca. 1842-1863. Cf. Brown. London publishers and printers.
Includes indexes.
BAC: British Art Center copy consists of 2 v. of variant edition. V. 1 is the 4th edition: v. 2 is the 2d edition. Both volumes bound uniformly by W.H. Dalton in diced calf with gilt panelled spines with red morocco labels. Bookplate: William Long, Saxmundham. - Subject Terms:
- Botany -- Study and teaching.Education -- Women.Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1840.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.James Ridgway and Sons -- Publisher.Long, William -- Bookplate.Norman and Skeen -- Printer.Plants -- Classification.Plants -- Identification.Women -- Intellectual life.
- Form/Genre:
- Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
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