Research Catalog

Title

Flora tonbrigensis; or, A catalogue of plants growing wild in the neighbourhood of Tonbridge Wells, arranged according to the Linnaean system, from Sir J. S. Smith's Flora britannica. With three plates of rare plants / By T. F. Forster, F.L.S., &c.

Author

Forster, Thomas Furley, 1761-1825.

Publication

London : Printed by Richard & Arthur Taylor, Shoe-Lane; and sold by J. And A. Arch, Cornhill; and J. Sprange, Library, Tonbridge Wells, 1816.

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Additional Authors

• Sprange, J. (Jasper), 1746-1823.
• Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828.
• Richard Taylor and Co. prt
• John and Arthur Arch. pbl
• Graf & Soret. prt

Description

vii, [1], 216 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (hand col.); 20 cm.

Alternative Title

Catalogue of plants growing wild in the neighbourhood of Tonbridge Wells

Subject

• Botany > England > Tunbridge Wells

Note

• Dedication: "To Sir James Edward Smith ..."
• Errata: p. [viii].
• Publisher's advertisements: p. 216.
• Includes indexes.
• Illustrations: Hand-colored frontispiece etching, "Hymenophyllum Tonbrigense," and two additional hand-colored etched plates, "Buxbaumia foliosa" and "Blasia pusilla."

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Forster, T. F. Flora tonbrigensis)

OCLC

18974471

Author

Forster, Thomas Furley, 1761-1825.

Title

Flora tonbrigensis; or, A catalogue of plants growing wild in the neighbourhood of Tonbridge Wells, arranged according to the Linnaean system, from Sir J. S. Smith's Flora britannica. With three plates of rare plants / By T. F. Forster, F.L.S., &c.

Imprint

London : Printed by Richard & Arthur Taylor, Shoe-Lane; and sold by J. And A. Arch, Cornhill; and J. Sprange, Library, Tonbridge Wells, 1816.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: With the armorial bookplates of James Comerford and Sir Thomas Neame. -- Extra-illustrated with seven views, including two unsigned engravings titled, "Tunbridge Wells, Kent"; "Hever Castle, Kent," engraved by S. Lacey after Geo. Shepherd; "View from the Calverley Reservoir, Tunbridge Wells," drawn and lithographed by H. Harris, printed by Graf & Soret; "Hadlow Castle, Kent," engraved by J. Rogers after W. H. Bartlett; and "Tunbridge Castle," drawn and engraved by T. Higham).

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Added Author

Sprange, J. (Jasper), 1746-1823. Publisher

Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828. Dedicatee

Richard Taylor and Co. Printer

John and Arthur Arch. Publisher

Comerford, James. Former owner

Neame, Thomas, Sir. Former owner

Lacey, Samuel, fl. 1818-1857. Engraver

Shepherd, George, ca. 1782-ca. 1830. Illustrator

Harris, H. (Henry). Lithographer

Rogers, J., engraver. Engraver

Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854. Illustrator

Higham, Thomas, 1796-1844. Illustrator

Graf & Soret. Printer

Other Title

Catalogue of plants growing wild in the neighbourhood of Tonbridge Wells

Research Call Number

Pforz (Forster, T. F. Flora tonbrigensis)