Essay on the Trees and Shrubs of the Ancients: Being the Substance of Four Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford, Intended to Be Supplementary to Those on Roman Husbandry, Already Published (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Essay on the Trees and Shrubs of the Ancients: Being the Substance of Four Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford, Intended to Be Supplementary to Those on Roman Husbandry, Already Published Amongst the latter may be particularised the two Paris editions of Pliny, the one in 10 vols., pub lished in 1827, under the auspices of Cuvier, Des fontaines, and other eminent French naturalists, the other, with a French translation, in 20 vols., undertaken by Pancoucke in 1829 - 37, and edited by Grandsagne, ...
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Excerpt from Essay on the Trees and Shrubs of the Ancients: Being the Substance of Four Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford, Intended to Be Supplementary to Those on Roman Husbandry, Already Published Amongst the latter may be particularised the two Paris editions of Pliny, the one in 10 vols., pub lished in 1827, under the auspices of Cuvier, Des fontaines, and other eminent French naturalists, the other, with a French translation, in 20 vols., undertaken by Pancoucke in 1829 - 37, and edited by Grandsagne, with the assistance of several well known naturalists, but of which the botanical part was chie y contributed by M. A. L. A Fee; and also the English translation of the same Author by Dr. Bostock and H. T. Riley, Esq., brought out by Mr. Henry Bohn in 1855, which is enriched with a number of useful explanatory notes, for which the Editor has been greatly indebted to the French author last mentioned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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