Flora Londinensis : or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London: with Their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering; their several Names according to Linnaeus and other Authors: with A particular Description of each Plant in Latin and English. To which are Added, Their several Uses in Medicine, Agriculture, Rural Oeconomy, and other Arts. By William Curtis, Demonstrator of Botany to the Company of Apothecaries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, William, 1746-1799.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Botany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.,plates )

Other Title:

Flora Londinensis

Place of Publication:

London : printed for and sold by the author, No. 51, Gracechurch-Street; and B. White, bookseller, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]-98.

Notes:

Originally published between 1775 and 1798 in 72 numbers, forming 6 fascicles to be bound in 2 vols.

Vol. I contains 2 lists of subscribers; a dedication to John Stuart, Earl of Bute; 'A catalogue of certain plants, growing wild, chiefly in the environs of Settle, .. '; the preface; 'General observations on the advantage which may result from the introduction of the seeds of our best grasses'; an index to the first 3 fascicles and indexes to fascs. 1,2,3,5 & 6.

Vol.II bears the imprint "London: printed for and sold by the author, .. 1798", and contains a dedication to John Coakley Lettsom.

Reissued with cancel titlepages and supplementary material in 1817-28.

A variant of vol.I has "B. White and Son" in the imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Henrey, 595

English Short Title Catalog, T83980.

OCLC:

642713690