Accession No
4577
Brief Description
Musci Britannici, a collection of specimens of British mosses and Hepaticae collected in the vicinity of Manchester, arranged in book form, by Edward Hobson, English, 1818
Origin
England; Manchester
Maker
Hobson, Edward
Class
natural history; books
Earliest Date
1818
Latest Date
1818
Inscription Date
1818
Material
paper (cardboard and one other); organic (plant)
Dimensions
length 215mm; breadth 149mm; thickness 43mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Maggs Bros Ltd., London, on 18/03/1997.
Inscription
‘Henry Collins’ (longhand on flyleaf of book)
see description notes
Description Notes
Musci Britannici, A collection of specimens of British mosses and Hepaticae collected in the vicinity of Manchester. Arranged in book form; by Edward Hobson, 1818.
Blue marble effect paper covering cardboard book cover. Cloth tapes for tying the book closed (missing). Book consists of leaves carrying dried plant specimens with classification details. The specimens are arranged in alphabetical order. The title page says
A
Collection of Specimens,
OF
BRITISH MOSSES
AND
HEPATICÆ,
COLLECTED in the Vicinity of MANCHESTER,
AND
Systematically Arranged with reference to the
MUSCOLOGIA BRITANICA,
ENGLISH BOTANY, &c. &c. &c.
By EDWARD HOBSON.
Manchester,
Printed by M. WILSON, Barlow’s-Court, Market-Street.
1818
Complete
References
Events
Description
This collection is in book form and features real moss and liverwort samples labelled with their species and was made with mosses discovered in the vicinity of Manchester. Each page shows a different moss labelled with its Latin name. The maker, Edward Hobson, was an English botanist and weaver with a specialism in bryology (the study of mosses, hornworts and liverworts). This particular book was a publication created to accompany the 1818 book Muscologia Britannica: Containing the mosses of Great Britain and Ireland that was produced by William Jackson Hooker and Thomas Taylor, who encouraged Hobson to create the book.
Label created by Jack Rajack, work experience
08/06/2017
Created by: Rosanna Evans on 08/06/2017
FM:40282
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