The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 13 by William Curtis and John Sims
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"The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 13" by William Curtis and John Sims is an illustrated botanical publication begun in 1787. This volume represents the transition between Curtis's founding editorship and Sims's continuation of Britain's longest-running botanical magazine. Each issue features hand-colored copper engravings of ornamental and exotic plants, accompanied by accessible descriptions of their properties and characteristics. The publication introduced countless species to readers while showcasing generations of botanical illustrators, making scientific knowledge
available beyond wealthy collectors to gardeners and plant enthusiasts across society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Curtis, William, 1746-1799 |
|---|---|
| Author | Sims, John, 1749-1831 |
| Title |
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 13 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%27s_Botanical_Magazine |
| Credits |
Produced by Marc-André Seekamp, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file made using scans of public domain works at the University of Georgia.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QK: Science: Botany |
| Subject | Plants -- Periodicals |
| Subject | Plants, Cultivated -- Periodicals |
| Subject | Plants, Ornamental -- Periodicals |
| Subject | Botanical illustration -- Periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 43858 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2013 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 376 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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