Ladies' botany, or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany / by John Lindley.
Alternate Title(s):
Ladies' botany
Edition:
4th ed.
Published / Created:
London : Ridgway, [ca. 1842?]
Physical Description:
2 v. (xvi, 300; viii, 280 p.) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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. | Women -- Intellectual life. | Plants -- Identification. | Plants -- Classification. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | James Ridgway and Sons -- Publisher. | Norman and Skeen -- Printer. | Long, William -- Bookplate. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1840.
Form/Genre:
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Watts, engraver. | Drake, Sarah Anne, 1803–1857, ill.