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Figures of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary [...] Vol. I

Figures of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary [...] Vol. I

Title compFigures of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary, exhibited on Three Hundred Copper Plates, Accurately Engraven after Drawings taken from Nature. With the Characters of their Flowers and Seed-Vessels, Drawn when they were in their greatest Perfection. To which are added, Their Descriptions, and an Account of the Classes to which they belong, according to Ray's, Tournefört's and Linnaeus's Method of Classing them. / By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Member of the Botanic Academy at Florence, and Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries at their Botanic Garden at Chelsea. In two volumes. ; Vol. I
Bib abrevFig. Pl. Gard. Dict.
AuthorMiller, Philip
Date1755-1760
PublicationLondon : Printed for the Author; And Sold by John Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard, A. Millar, H. Woodfall, J. Whiston and B. White, J. Hinton, G. Hawkins, R. Baldwin, J. Richardson, W. Johnston, S. Crowder , P. Davey and B. Law, T. Caslon, [...]
CityLondon
Page volume[i]-vi p., [150] h. de grab. calc. [Pl. I-LXVIII, LXVIII[bis], LXIX-LXX, LXXII-CL], [1]-100 p. ; 41,9 cm
Comment bibPubl. entre 1755 y 1760 [cf. F.A. Stafleu & R.S. Cowan, "Taxonomic literature" ed. 2, n.º 6.059]; la fecha que figura en portada es 1760
En cada una de las h. de grab. calc. figura la fecha de publicación: en la "Pl. I", "Published according to the Act by P. Miller March 25th.1755" ; y en la "Pl. CL", "Published according to Act of Parliament by P. Miller March 31: 1757" En las h. de grab. calc.: "J. Jefferys sculp." ; "J. Mynde sculp." ; "G.D. Ehret, pinx." ; "Ehret delin." ; "Houstoun delin." ; "Rich. Lancake delin." ; "J.S. Miller sculp." ; "I. Muller sculp."
Gimnospermae
Angiospermae
Useful or poisonous plants
TL26.059
NMROf MIL