Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hanham, Frederick, 1806-1877
Title:
Natural illustrations of the British grasses / edited by Frederick Hanham, M.R.C.S.L. ...
Alternate Title(s):
Half-title: British grasses
Published / Created:
Bath : Binns and Goodwin ; London : Whittaker & Co. ; Edinburgh : Johnstone, 1846.
Physical Description:
[2], xx, 130 pages, [62] leaves of plates : grass specimens ; 33 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QK495.G74 H36 1846+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Each plate bears a dried specimen of grass affixed to the page; some specimens retain partial root systems.

Wakeman, G. Victorian book illustration, p. 65

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gold-tooled morocco. All grass specimens are intact.
Subject Terms:
Grasses -- Great Britain. | Grasses -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Grasses -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Johnstone -- Publisher. | Bath (England) -- Imprints -- Specimens -- 1836.
Form/Genre:
Botanical illustrations -- 1846. | Herbaria.
Contributors:
Binns and Goodwin, publisher. | Whittaker & Co., publisher.