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ID number:  WBHERB.DOC.17
Institution:  Winterbourne House and Garden
Named collection:  Winterbourne Herbarium Archive
Artist / Maker:  Withering, William
Title / Object name:  An Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, in four volumes
Object type:  Book
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, West Midlands, Birmingham
Date made:  1796
Materials:  Paper; Leather
Measurements:  overall: 21.5 cm x 14 cm (H x W x D x Dia x Wt)

An Arrangement of British Plants according to the latest Improvements of the Linnaean System by William Withering MD, FRS. Third edition, in four volumes. Printed for the author by M. Swinney, Birmingham. Sld by C. G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, and B. & J. White, Fleet Street, London, 1796. Bound in calf skin with tree design ('tree calf') with titles and classical motifs stamped in gold on spine. Price £1 12s in boards. Retail label in front cover for E. Lloyd Bookseller and Stationer, corner of Harley and New Cavendish Streets, London. Inscribed in ink 'J. Bensay'?. Includes engraved plates.

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