Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : COOPER, Daniel. - Flora metropolitana; or, botanical rambles within thirty miles of London Being the results of numerous excursions made ...

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COOPER, Daniel. Flora metropolitana; or, botanical rambles within thirty miles of London Being the results of numerous excursions made in 1833, 34, 35, furnishing a list of those plants that have been found on the different heaths, woods, commons, hills, etc. surrounding the metropolis (more particularly the counties of Surrey and Kent) chiefly from actual observation, and the latest authorities, Intended for the student in practical botany, with a list of the land and fresh-water shells of the environs of London. London: [Stewart & Co for] S. Highley, 1836.

8vo (175 × 115 mm), pp. xvi, 139, [1]. Original publishers’ green cloth, upper cover and spine decoratively lettered in gilt. Small tear to head of spine without loss. Early bookplate (William Packe), later inscription of F. William Cock, F.S.A. Some pencil annotation. A good copy.

First edition of this popular guide to the rich Victorian botany of the area now encircled by the M 25 motorway. ‘Cooper was chiefly instrumental in the founding of the Botanical Society of London’ (ODNB). Remarkably, he was only 20 when he published Flora metropolitana, and he died at the age of 25.

Freeman 1811.

£100.00 (equal to approx. US$158.35* or €123.67* for 22 May 2012)

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