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Hortus Elthamensis

 
HOLLIS Number
Contributors
Dillenius, Johann Jakob, 1684-1747.; Dillenius, Johann Jakob, 1684-1747. Horti elthamensis.; Sherard, William, 1659-1728.; Sherard, James, 1666-1738.; Hollis, Thomas, 1720-1774, former owner.; Bunbury, Charles James Fox, Sir, 1809-1886, former owner.; Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, former owner.
Publication
Londini: sumptibus auctoris, 1732

Description

2 v., 324 leaves of plates

250 copies published.

Vol. 2 half-title page reads: Plantarum rariorum Horti Elthamensis.

437 p., 417 fig. on 325 engr. plates numbered 1-324; 2 plates numb. 280.

 

Physical Description

Table of contents by Linnean names in ms. in v.1.

 

Subject

Plants -- Great Britain.; Plants -- England -- Early works to 1800.