Hortus cantabrigiensis, or, A catalogue of plants, indigenous and exotic
By: by James Donn, curator
Edition: The fifth edition.
Publisher: Printed by M. Watson, and sold by J. WHite and Co., Fleet Street, W.H. Lynn, Soho Square, London, W. Falla & Co., nurseryman, Newcastle, T. Watson, nurseryman, Islington, the other nurserymen near London, and by James Donn, at the Botanic Garden
Published: 1809
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Catalogs and collections; Plants; Nomenclature; Classification; Cambridge Botanic Garden
Other titles: Catalogue of plants, indigenous and exotic
Notes: "Price seven shillings."

On t.p., edition statement precedes statement of responsibility.

Includes indexes.

Pritzel, 2374

Henrey, B. British botanical lit., 650

Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit., 1505

Harvard. Arnold Arboretum Library cat., p. 208-209

BM (NH), p. 472

Purchased with the Louis J. Appell Jr. Fund for British Civilization in HCL, 2019.

Former owner signatures at head of preface: "John F.M. Dovaston" and "Arthur N. Davenport".

On front pastedown: The Nursery Library armorial bookplate (1910) with motto on banner, "Percussus Elevor".  Identical bookplate laid in.

This copy removed from MS Eng 1878.

Nursery advertisement (4 p.) laid in.

Card from Edwin Murrell to W.D. Dovaston Esq., dated September 24th, 1906, laid in, removed to MS Eng 1878.

Imperfect: Title page wanting.

Bound in quarter white with blue paper over boards; in CMI case.