A collection of specimens, of British mosses and Hepaticae : collected in the vicinity of Manchester and systematically arranged with reference to the Muscologia Britannica, English Botany, &c. &c. &c. / by Edward Hobson.
Alternate Title(s):
Musci Britannici
Published / Created:
Manchester : Printed by M. Wilson, Barlow's-Court, Market-Street, 1818-1822.
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"From 1811 [Edward] Hobson took up the difficult study of mosses and liverworts, soon becoming expert in this area. By 1815 his discoveries led William Jackson Hooker to seek a meeting with him in Manchester. Impressed by Hobson's abilities in finding and distinguishing these little-studied cryptogamic plants, Hooker gave him a microscope and began a correspondence with him in order to receive further information and specimens. With Hooker's encouragement, Hobson produced and sold about twenty-five sets of A Collection of Specimens of British Mosses and Hepaticae, known as Musci Britannici (2 vols., 1818-22). These dried specimens were designed to accompany Hooker and Thomas Taylor's Muscologia Britannica: Containing the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland (1818), in which they were advertised. In preparing Musci Britannici, Hobson exchanged letters and specimens with a wide range of naturalists from different social classes."--Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Subject Terms:
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865. Muscologia Britannica. | Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865. British Jungermanniae. | Dillenius, Johann Jakob, 1687-1747. Historia muscorum. | Smith, James Edward, 1759-1828. English botany. | Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Liverworts -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Liverworts -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Mosses -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Mosses -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Wilson, M. -- Printer.