The anatomy of plants· With an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society· By Nehemiah Grew M.D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the College of Physicians

People / Organizations

• Nehemiah Grew (Author)
• W. Rawlins ("printed by")

Imprint

London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682.

Added name

Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712. Idea of a phytological history propounded together with a continuation of the anatomy of vegetables.; Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712. Anatomy of vegetables begun.; Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712. Comparative anatomy of trunks.

Publication year

1682

ESTC No.

R10887

Grub Street ID

59224

Description

[22], 24, [10], 212, [4], 221-304, [20] p., 83 leaves of plates ; 2°.

Note

Place of publication from Wing

Imprimatur on leaf [A]1v: At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society, Feb. 22. 1681/2 Dr. Grew having read several lectures of the anatomy of plants, ... it is therefore ordered, that he be desired, to cause them to be printed together in one volume. Chr. Wren. P.R.S

Includes reissues of previously published treatises by Grew, "much revised" (Henrey, vol.1, pp.135-140)

Includes "An idea of a philosophical history of plants", 2d ed

"The anatomy of plants, begun", 2d ed

"The anatomy of roots", 2d ed

"The anatomy of trunks", 2d ed

"The anatomy of leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds."; "Several lectures read before the Royal Society"; each section has special t.p

The final unpaginated leaves contain an index and an explication of the tables

The plates are numbered, using both arabic and roman numeration

Signatures: [A]]4] a]4] B-2I]4] 2K]2] 2L-2X]4] 2Y-3C]2.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures from DFo