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., and Binding: contemporary vellum over boards, with blind tooled ruling; the arms of King George III stamped in gilt on the front and back covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Norfolk
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Botanical specimens, Collection and preservation, Flowers, Herbs, and Plants
