24th Nov, 2022 11:00
Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books
Science, & Botany - Dr. Thornton, Portraits of Scientists
A Collection of Folio plates all published by Dr. Thornton between 1799 & 1804, comprising:
The Reverend Dr. Stepen Hales F.R.S Author of Vegetable Statistics, Printed 1800;
Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day, Dr Priestly, Lavoisier, printed 1801;
M.Le Chevalier de Lemarck, Profefsor of Botany of the National Institute, printed 1805;
Daniel Rutherford M.D. F.L.S. Profefsor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh, printed 1804
Antoine De Jussieu, N.I. Profefsor of Botany of the National Institute, printed 1803;
Charles Bonnet F.R.S, Author of the contemplation of nature, engraving showing his chain of nature, printed 1802;
The Revd,. John Ray A.M. F.R.S. Author of Historia Plantarum, printed 1804;
The Revd. Dr. Colin Milne F.R.S, Author of the Botanical Dictionary, printed 1804;
The Revd. Thomas Martin B.D. F.R.S. Regis Profefsor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, printed 1799;
William Woodville M.D. F.R.S. Author of Medical Botany &c., published 1806;
Aylmer Bourke Lambert Efqr. F.R.S., Vice President of the Linnean Society, printed 1805;
William Withering*, M.D. F.R.S., Fellow of the Linnean Society, printed 1801;
Sir John Hill**, M.D. Knight of the Polar Star, First Superintendant of the Royal Garden at Kew, printed 1799;
Nehemiah Grew M.D. Secretary to the Royal Society, printed 1800;
Joseph Pitton Tournefort M.D. Author of the Institutes of Botany, printed 1802;
J. J. Rousseau, Author of Letters on Botany &c, printed 1801;
William Curtis F.L.S. Author of the Flora Londinensis printed 1802;
George Shaw M.D. F.R.S, Author of General Zoology, printed 1803;
Revd. Townsend M.A. Author of a Journey Through Spain, printed 1805;
Sebastian Vaillant, Author of Botanicum Parisiense, printed 1803;
Earl of Bute, The Mechenas of Botany, printed 1805.
each plae 44cm x 56cm
* William Withering is well known as the inventor of the small botanical microscope that bears his name.
**John Hill was a botanist, doctor, scientist, journalist, translator and editor. He is perhaps best known now for his 26-volume work on botany, The Vegetable System. This, another of his botanical books, contains an investigation of the microscopic structure of timber
A Collection of Folio plates all published by Dr. Thornton between 1799 & 1804, comprising:
The Reverend Dr. Stepen Hales F.R.S Author of Vegetable Statistics, Printed 1800;
Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day, Dr Priestly, Lavoisier, printed 1801;
M.Le Chevalier de Lemarck, Profefsor of Botany of the National Institute, printed 1805;
Daniel Rutherford M.D. F.L.S. Profefsor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh, printed 1804
Antoine De Jussieu, N.I. Profefsor of Botany of the National Institute, printed 1803;
Charles Bonnet F.R.S, Author of the contemplation of nature, engraving showing his chain of nature, printed 1802;
The Revd,. John Ray A.M. F.R.S. Author of Historia Plantarum, printed 1804;
The Revd. Dr. Colin Milne F.R.S, Author of the Botanical Dictionary, printed 1804;
The Revd. Thomas Martin B.D. F.R.S. Regis Profefsor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, printed 1799;
William Woodville M.D. F.R.S. Author of Medical Botany &c., published 1806;
Aylmer Bourke Lambert Efqr. F.R.S., Vice President of the Linnean Society, printed 1805;
William Withering*, M.D. F.R.S., Fellow of the Linnean Society, printed 1801;
Sir John Hill**, M.D. Knight of the Polar Star, First Superintendant of the Royal Garden at Kew, printed 1799;
Nehemiah Grew M.D. Secretary to the Royal Society, printed 1800;
Joseph Pitton Tournefort M.D. Author of the Institutes of Botany, printed 1802;
J. J. Rousseau, Author of Letters on Botany &c, printed 1801;
William Curtis F.L.S. Author of the Flora Londinensis printed 1802;
George Shaw M.D. F.R.S, Author of General Zoology, printed 1803;
Revd. Townsend M.A. Author of a Journey Through Spain, printed 1805;
Sebastian Vaillant, Author of Botanicum Parisiense, printed 1803;
Earl of Bute, The Mechenas of Botany, printed 1805.
each plae 44cm x 56cm
* William Withering is well known as the inventor of the small botanical microscope that bears his name.
**John Hill was a botanist, doctor, scientist, journalist, translator and editor. He is perhaps best known now for his 26-volume work on botany, The Vegetable System. This, another of his botanical books, contains an investigation of the microscopic structure of timber
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