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Icones Plantarum: Or, Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's H

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Icones Plantarum: Or, Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's H
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Jackson Hooker
SeriesIcones Plantarum 10 Volume Set
Series part Volume No. Volume 2
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:212
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreBotany and plant sciences
ISBN/Barcode 9781108039222
ClassificationsDewey:581.022
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 100 Plates, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 8 November 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This world-famous work was begun by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) in 1837, and the ten volumes reissued here were produced under his authorship until 1854, at which point his son, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) continued the work of publication. Hooker's own herbarium, or collection of preserved plant specimens, was so extensive that at one point he stored it in one house and lived in another; it was left to the nation on his death. Each volume contains 100 line drawings of plants, and each is accompanied by a full Latin description, with notes in English on habitat and significant features. The order of the plants in each volume is not systematic, but two 'indexes' at the beginning provide plant lists, in alphabetical order and 'arranged according to the natural orders'.