Album of pressed botanical specimens from Norfolk, England : manuscript

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Title: Album of pressed botanical specimens from Norfolk, England : manuscript
Published / Created: 1793.
Publication Place: Norfolk, England
Abstract: Album containing 73 pressed botanical specimens compiled by an unidentified collector in Norfolk, England, 1793. Each specimen has notes indicating its Latin name, common name, and Linnaean classification. Some notes also include the date of collection, the location of collection, and medicinal uses of the plant
Description: In English and Latin.
The album was created in a blank accounts book, and the pages have printed red rules.
Binding: contemporary vellum over boards, with blind tooled ruling; the arms of King George III stamped in gilt on the front and back covers.
Provenance: Purchased from Dean Byass on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2018.
Extent: 1 volume (44 leaves) ; 37 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Classification
Albums
Armorial bindings (binding)
Armorial bindings (Provenance)
Herbaria (documents)
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
Norfolk
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic): Botanical specimens
Collection and preservation
Flowers
Herbs
Plants
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Botanical specimens > Collection and preservation > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Botanical specimens > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Flowers > England > Norfolk > Early works to 1800
Herbs > England > Norfolk > Early works to 1800
Plants > Classification > Early works to 1800
Plants > England > Norfolk > Early works to 1800

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Citation: Album of Pressed Botanical Specimens from Norfolk, England. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.