Flora of Cambridgeshire: or, a Catalogue of the Plants Found in the County of Cambridge, with References to Former Catalogues, and the Localities of the Rarer Species
by Babington, C.C
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About This Item
London: John van Voorst, 1860. lvi, 327, 1 folding map. . HB. 8vo in 6s, orig. green cloth, blind ornamental border to both boards, minor mark to rear board. Author's obituary, reprinted from 'The Record', August 9, 1895, tipped-in before the Preface. A fine copy. Ownership inscription of E[dward] B[yles] Cowell to endpaper. Cowell (1826-1903) was ..... Pencil annotation to rear endpaper. From the library of Trevor James (1947-2020), Hertfordshire naturalist and coleopterist, with his bookplate.. First edition. Charles Cardale Babington (1808 1895) was a botanist and archaeologist. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, and while there met Charles Darwin. In 1829 they argued over beetle specimens that a local dealer was selling.Babington was later appointed chair of botany at the University of Cambridge in 1861. His major publications included: <i>Manual of British Botany</i> (1843),<i>Flora of Cambridgeshire</i> (1860), and <i>The British Rubi</i>(1869). Freeman 137..
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- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
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- Title
- Flora of Cambridgeshire: or, a Catalogue of the Plants Found in the County of Cambridge, with References to Former Catalogues, and the Localities of the Rarer Species
- Author
- Babington, C.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John van Voorst
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Cambridgeshire; England; Britain; County Flora; Darwin; Decorative Binding; Flora; Botany
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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