A Synoptical Compend of British Botany, Arranged after the Linnean System

The corrected and extended second edition of Galpine's impressive little volume on British botany for use in the field. The full title of this work is: A Synoptical Compend of British Botany, arranged after the Linnean System; And containing the essential characters of the genera, the specific characters, English Names, places of growth, soil and situation, colour of the flowers, times of flowering, duration, and references to figures. Originally by John Galpine. The Second Edition, with Corrections and considerable Additions, Including the Linnean orer of ferns, together with essential characters and types of the genera of all the orher orders of cryptogamia. Until the index, the pagination is numbered for a leaf, not a page. John Galpine, 1771 - 1806, was a English nurseryman. "He was elected an associate of the Linnean Society of London in 1798. On 1 January 1806 Galpine published A Synoptical Compend of British Botany, his translation of Compendium florae Britannicae (1800) by Sir James Edward Smith. It gave references to illustrations, mostly in English Botany (1790–1814, 36 vols.) by J. Sowerby and J. E. Smith, and was designed for taking on botanizing excursions, using its tabular check-list arrangement in the new, pocket-size, duodecimo format" -ODNB. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Edgewear to the extremities with some discolouration. A little loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light marking to the boards. Ink inscription to the front board. Joints are cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and the odd spot. Good Only.…