BY AN ENGLISH BOTANIST. An Essay on the Archaeology of our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes
- 3/4 leather binding
- London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Co. and Coupland, Southampton, 1837
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Co. and Coupland, Southampton, 1837. A New Edition.
SCARCE HISTORY OF POPULAR PHRASES AND NURSERY RHYMES BY ENGLISH BOTANIST.
Two volumes, 6 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 red leather with marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt titles to spines; light soiling to covers, wear to spine ends, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, Vol. I, xi, 290 pp; Vol. II, v, 304 pp, binding tight, text unmarked, very good.
JOHN BELLENDEN KER (1764 C. - 1842), originally John Gawler, was an English botanist. He is noted for having written Recensio Plantarum (1801), Select Orchideae (c.1816) and Iridearum Genera (1827). He edited Edward's Botanical Register from 1815 to 1824 and was famous as a wit and botanist as well as being the author of Archaeology of Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes (offered here).
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Title
BY AN ENGLISH BOTANIST. An Essay on the Archaeology of our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes
Author
Ker, John Bellenden
Binding
3/4 leather binding
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Co. and Coupland, Southampton: London
Date
1837
Edition
A New Edition