John gilbert baker 1834 1920 (5 Ergebnisse)

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2 annuals bound in 1 volume. 4to. 478; xi, [1], 514 pp. 52 large chromolithographic plates. Original half dark green morocco, green cloth; rubbed. Very good. The beautiful and large chromolithographic plates that embellished these 2-years of issues, are especially attractive. / Dedicated to the Rev. George Herbert Engleheart (raiser of beautiful narcissi), being the fifty-first volume of "The Garden". With the next issue dedicated to John Gilbert Baker of the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. / Reverend George Herbert Engleheart (1851-1936) achieved national prominence as one of the greatest ever breeders of daffodils (Narcissus), but as a 'highly cultured man, well read and appreciative of everything that is beautiful' he also found time to indulge in the classical archaeology of his local Hampshire parishes. / John Gilbert Baker FRS was an English botanist. He subsequently worked at the library and herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899, and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899. He wrote handbooks on many plant groups, including Amaryllidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, and ferns. His published works include Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles (1877) and Handbook of the Irideae (1892). HEAVY BOOK â" international buyers please contact for postage quote. …

Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 p. To the Austrian botanist Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, thanking him for a "monograph of Galanthus", commonly known as snowdrop: "Thank you very much for the monograph of Galanthus and the other papers". - The monograph mentioned cannot be traced to the recipient as its author. John Gilbert Baker served as the keeper of the herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 1890 to 1899, while Beck was head of the Botanical Department in the K. K. Hofkabinett, now the Natural History Museum, from 1885 to 1899. - Very lightly stained.…