The elements of botany : with illustrations / by Mrs. E.E. Perkins, professor of botanical flower painting.
Published / Created:
London : Thomas Hurst, 1837.
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 268 p., [1], 18 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The original intention of publishing 'The boudoir recreations in botany,' consisting merely of about twenty or thirty illustrations in quarto, and which were to have appeared in the spring of 1836, was abandoned for the present work; but Mrs. Perkins having been solicited to continue her subject in its higher departments, she has, under this flattering circumstance, to announce for publication, early in May next, 'Physiological researches in botany,' with twenty highly engraved plates, to contain nearly three hundred illustrations." The purpose of this work was , as many other works 'are peculiarly unsuited for the perusal of female youth.'"--Advertisement, p. xv.
Subject Terms:
Botany -- Study and teaching. | Botanical illustration -- Great Britain. | Women -- Education -- 19th century. | Women in botany -- England. | Women in science -- Great Britain. | Hargreaves, Thomas -- Bookplate. | Women in natural history.