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Verlag: 1st. Ed. Pub. London by the Author. 1794, 1794
Anbieter: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, Vereinigtes Königreich
pp.[8], 480. 8vo. Hardback. From the library of Prof. Leonard E. Newton with his stamp to bottom margin of title. Contents fine. More recent half morocco binding in very pleasing, nr. fine condition. Charming handwritten letter bound in at front dated 20 Nov. 1876 from North Wales Central Botanic Gardens to a member of the public searching for a copy of this title. Adrian Hardy Howarth (1768-1833) was a British botanist and entomologist being President of The Entomological Society of London from 1806 to 1822. During his lifetime he was the author of 60 publications, primarily concerned with succulent plants and lepidoptera. The facsimile of Observations on the Genus Mesembryanthemum published in 1965 by Gregg Press was taken from this copy.