Davies, Hugh. WELSH BOTANOLOGY; Part the First. A Systematic Catalogue of the Native Plants of the Isle of Anglesey, in Latin, English, and Welsh; With the Habitats of the Rarer Species, and a Few Observations. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Consisting of Those Genera, in the Three First Voumes of Flora Britannica, Which are Not of Spontaneous Growth in Anglesey, Rendered Likewise into Welsh. , London: Printed for the Author 1813.1st Ed. xiv + [ii] + 151pp. + [i] + xv + pp.([153]-255). 1 plate. Light browning, inscription, original paper backed boards, extremities rubbed, spine sl. chipped with sm. split to upper joint. The Second Part of Welsh Botanology is An Alphabetical Catalogue of the Welsh Names of Vegetables Rendered into Latin and English; With Some Account of the Qualities, Economical, or Medicinal of the Most Remarkable. Hugh Davies (1739-1821), Botanist. He edited all but the insect portion of the second edition of Pennant’s Indian Zoology. In 1790 he became a fellow of the Linnean Society, contributing Welsh Plants to Hudson’s ‘Flora Anglica,’ Smith’s ‘Flora Britannica,’ and to ‘English Botany.’ D.N.B. ‘Previous to 1813, ‘a constitutional nervous sensibility’ having rendered him unequal to the duties of his profession he retired to Beaumaris and devoted himself to the preparation of [the above work] ... dealing with both flowering and cryptogamic plants ...’ US$233 (Book ref. 172582 ) £ 150.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Francis Edwards , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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