Main entry:

Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.

Title & Author:

Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : or, the trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described ; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening ; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world / by J.C. Loudon.

Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans ; the partially coloured and coloured copies, by James Ridgeway and Sons, 1838.

Description:

8 volumes : illustrations, plates (some folded) ; 24 cm

Notes:
V. 1-4, text; v. 5-8, plates.
Paged continuously.
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages cxc-ccxxvi) and index.
V. 1. History, Geography, and Science; and Descriptions, from Ranuncula`ceæ to Staphylea`ceæ, p. 494., inclusive. -- v. 2. From Celastra`ceæ, p. 495., to Apocyna`ceæ, p. 1256., inclusive. -- v. 3. From Asclepiada`ceæ, p. 1257., to Coryla`ceæ, p. 2030., inclusive. -- v. 4. From Garrya`ceæ, p. 2031., to the end. -- v. 5. The plates from Magnolia`ceæ to Legumino`sæ inclusive. -- v. 6. The plates from Rosa`ceæ to Olea`ceæ inclusive. v. 7. The plates from Bignonia`ceæ to Coryla`ceæ. v. 8. The plates from Coryla`ceæ to Cupre'ssinæ.
UML copy at R222592: MS inscription on title page recto: W. Hartree / Greenwich. Nineteenth-century bookplate on front paste-down [v. 5]: William Hartree / Lewisham. Twentieth-century bookplate on front paste-down [v. 4 and 7] and front fly-leaf recto [v. 5]: The University of Manchester. The Manchester Museum. Presented by [left blank]; former classification: 582 / L92. Blind embossed stamp throughout: The Manchester Museum. Owens College.
UML copy at R223071 (vols 3 & 5-8): University of Manchester bookplate on front paste-down: Presented by Charles Bailey Esq., M. Sc. 1918; former classification: 581.942 / L27; former accession number: 252122. Nineteenth-century bookplate of Charles Bailey (1838-1924) on rear paste-down (vols 3, 5 & 6), with 5284 added in MS.
UML copy at R223071 (vol. 4): Nineteenth-century bookplate of Charles Bailey (1838-1924) on front paste-down. University of Manchester bookplate on rear paste-down: Presented by Charles Bailey Esq., M. Sc. 1918; former classification: 581.942 / L27.
UML copy at R222592: Imperfect: wanting vols. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8.
UML copy at R222592: Hand coloured plates.
UML copy at R223071: Imperfect: wanting vols. 1 and 2.
UML copy at R223071: Uncoloured plates.

Subject:

Trees Great Britain.
Shrubs Great Britain.
Forests and forestry Great Britain.
Botany Great Britain.
Trees.
Botany.
Arbres Grande-Bretagne.
Arbustes Grande-Bretagne.
Arbres.
Botanique.
botany.
Forests and forestry.
Shrubs.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Bailey, Charles, 1838-1924, former owner
Hartree, William, former owner
Owens College, former owner.
Manchester Museum, former owner
Trees and shrubs of Britain.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 185044
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185043
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185042
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185041
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 4
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185040
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 5
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185039
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 6
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185038
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 7
Status: Available

Location: Library main 185037
Call No.: W6177
Copy: v. 8
Status: Available