Bøker av Richard Pulteney

This classic work by Richard Pulteney traces the history of botany in England from its origins to the early 19th century. The book provides a fascinating overview of the key figures and developments in this important field, and is still widely read by botanists and historians of science today.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This second edition of the first English-language biography of Linnaeus was originally published in 1805. It contains information on Linnaeus' life as well as details of both his major and unpublished works. This book is a rich source of information on a central figure in the history of botany.

Richard Pulteney (1730-1801) was a botanist and physician, influential in promoting the Linnaean system of classification in England. This 1790 two-volume examination of the development of botanical studies in Britain is still of great interest to botanists and garden historians.