Elements botany von thornton (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. 4to hardcover volume with grey pasteboard binding. Boards chipped and rear one off spine retapped. One hospital library bookplate no other markings. This is volume 1 and 2. Volume 1 has 63 pages and volume 2 has 73 pages. There are 139 plates. Plate counts vary in copies from 136 to 190. Contents quite clean with almost no foxing. Pages are uncut. There is no title page.…

Zustand: Good. [iii]-viii, 90; 73, 86 plates, 5 tables + 85 plates. . HB. 2 vols bound in one, 8vo, recent half calf (incorrectly titled Vol. I to spine - both vols are present), rubbed/scuffed, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Vol. I lacks half-title; old water stain to prelims and one plate; title page and first plate laid down. A few plates with some minor offsetting, otherwise clean. Part I: Classification; Part II: Terms of Science. First edition. Engraved plates by Henderson, Miller, and Reinagle. Vol. I: 86 plates (plus a duplicate of Plate 21) + 5 tables; Vol. II: 85 plates, 24 engraved section titles. The plates are erratically numbered. Stafleu & Cowan give 93 and 84 plates in the two volumes (but do not mention the charts), but state that in all copies seen by them plate numbers differ. Nissen calls for 52 and 84 plates. Stafleu & Cowan, 14.289; Nissen BBI, 1951. …

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. A profusely illustrated two-volume botanical guide, compiled by physician and botanist, Robert John Thornton. The first edition. Bound without a title page, dated using Jisc, from a copy held at the British Library and a collation from the Hathi Digital Trust. Plates are also dated between 1820 and 1812.With the half title to Volume I. Misbound, with the textual portion of each volume both bound in Volume I, each with their own pagination. The remainder of Volume I and the entirety of Volume II consisting of plates. The number of plates recorded in this work is rather variable, with Nissen calling for 136 across both volumes. Others call for 154, 199 and 180. This copy is extra-illustrated, with 219 plates and 4 tables to Volume I, and a further 252 plates to Volume II. Making a total of 471 plates and four tables.An impressive botanical work compiled by English physician, botanist and patron of the Prince Regent, Robert John Thornton. Known for is extensive botanical writings, including 'The British Fauna', Thornton's works signified important contributions to the field, and are still regularly cited to this day. Alongside numerous plates and tables, this work contains a chapter on 'The Constituent Parts of Flowers', followed by 'Terms of Botany'. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Externally, slightly rubbed to extremities, heavier to the joints. Cracked to front joints, with boards tenderly held. Rear hinges are strained, but holding. A little loss to spine heads. Fading and discolouration to backstrips. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light spotting to endpapers and fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Lacking title page. Pages are bright, with the odd spot or handling mark, and offsetting from plates. Plates are mostly clean. Good Only. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First. A CONGRESSMAN'S COPY IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BOARDS. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4" x 5 7/8", 235mm x 149mm). [Full collation available.] The number of plates recorded is quite variable. Nissen calls for only 136 (52 in vol. I, 84 in vol. II) and various copies on the market boast 184, 196, 197 and 198 plates; the present copy has 199 in total (24 class-titles + 175 plates). Bound in publisher's beige drab boards, backed in beige cloth. On the spine, black morocco title-piece gilt and a small paper label with a blue decorative border. Some wear and rubbing the extremities of the boards. Spines evenly sunned. Dampstains to the boards of vol. I, and to the upper edge of the second half of the text-block, seldom coming down more than 1cm onto the plates. One plate in vol. II loose, and one nearly so. Very sporadic foxing and occasional offsetting. In all, quite a remarkable and solid copy in its original format (only three copies in original boards are recorded at auction: 2006, 1974, 1911). Ink ownership signature of W. Magee on the title-page of each volume, effaced in vol. I. Ink ownership signature of "J[etur] R[ose] Riggs M.D. 1854" to the title-page and rear paste-down of vol. I and to both paste-downs of vol. II. Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) was diverted from the life of a divine to that of a natural historian by his brilliant lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge: John Martyn. Fortunate for us all: Thornton's towering Temple of Flora is in the very first rank of botanical illustrations. With the patronage of the Prince Regent, Thornton obtained an act of parliament in 1811 to institute a lottery for his botanical works, which raised some £70,000. The prizes ranged from the original watercolors (the grand prize -- and how) down through to the Temple of Flora and finally the Elements. Thornton was the great English adopter and popularizer of Linnæus's sexual system of plants. The Elements is an exceptionally straightforward primer of sorts to the Linnæan system; the second volume contains what amounts to a substantial glossary of the terms rendered in clear and plain language. It is unclear who W. Magee is, but J.R. Riggs is Jetur Rose Riggs (1809-1869), a New Jersey physician and congressman for New Jersey's 4th congressional district 1859-1861. Nissen BBI 1952.…

1st Edition. "2 volumes. 8vo., (9 ½ x 6 ? inches). Half-titles, 24 engraved sectional title pages (browned and spotted throughout). 176 fine engraved plates (a couple of plates detaching, some spotting and marginal staining). Original publisher's drab paper boards, muslin spines with black morocco gilt spine labels (a bit stained, paper labels worn at edges). Provenance: With the manuscript ownership inscription of J. R. Riggs dated 1854 in both volumes. First edition. IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S PAPER BOARDS. Thornton was destined for a career in the church, but while at Trinity College, Cambridge he found inspiration in the botanical lectures of Thomas Martyn and switched to studying medicine. He went on to lecture in medical botany at Guy's Hospital. "In 1811 he obtained an act of parliament (51 Geo. III, cap. 103), authorizing him to organize a lottery of his botanical works, and this was advertised as 'The Royal Botanical Lottery, under the patronage of the prince regent, of twenty thousand tickets at two guineas each, and ten thousand prizes, of a total value exceeding 77,000l.' The first prize was the collection of original pictures at that date on exhibition at the European Museum, King Street, St. James's which was valued at over five thousand pounds. The second class of prizes consisted of copies of 'The Temple of Flora,' 'in five folio volumes;' the third class, of sets of the plates coloured; the fourth class, of the quarto edition; the fifth class, of the 'British Flora' (5 vols. 8vo, with four hundred plates); and the sixth class, of the 'Elements of Botany' [as here] The lottery does not appear to have proved remunerative; and in spite of his numerous subsequent publications, when Thornton died on 21 Jan. 1837, he left his family very poor" (DNB). Nissen 1952.".…