Illustrations of Himalayan plants :chiefly selected from drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart, Esq.re of the Bengal Civil Service

By

Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911

Cathcart, John Fergusson, 1802-1851
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892
Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885 , printer of plates
Lovell Reeve & Co. , publisher

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, L. Reeve, 1855

Notes

Engraved t.p. with floreated border in colors.

Engraved title page with colored floreated border.

Hooker erroneously refers to illustrator as "James F. Cathcart" on p.ii of preface.

Each plate accompanied by descriptive letterpress.

Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

Imprint from added title page.

Plates printed by Vincent Brooks.

Includes index.

Hand-colored lithographs.

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (1951 edition), | 910

Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium (1972 edition), | 4201

Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), | 2973

Subjects

Himalaya Mountains , Pictorial works , Plants

BHL Collections

Joseph Dalton Hooker Collection
Missouri Botanical Garden's Rare Books Collection

Call Number

QK349.33.H66 1855

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.355
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/05024640
OCLC: 11864249