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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, BOTANIC GARDEN. Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or, an Accented Catalogue of indigenous and exotic Plants, cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. By the late James Donn. vii, [1], 415, [1] pp. 8vo, cont. calf, sides ruled in blind, spine nicely gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: C. & J. Rivington et al., 1826.

"Eleventh Edition, with numerous Additions and Corrections by John Lindley." The first edition of this "celebrated" (Henrey) work appeared in 1796. "According to John Lindley, the editor of the tenth edition (1823), after the fourth or fifth edition had been sold, Donn enlarged the work by the addition of the names of all the ornamental plants known to be cultivated in the various gardens of Great Britain, until, by the seventh edition, this catalogue 'scarcely bore more relation to the Cambridge botanic garden than to the Royal gardens at Kew'."Henrey, II, p. 239.

Fine copy.

Henrey, III, no. 657. Pritzel 2374. Stafleu & Cowan 1505.

600.0000