Search Results: concise notices of the indigenous grasses by moore david

Glasnevin: , 1843. An incredible collection of native grasses, presented to specialists in the trade First and sole edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Messrs Lawson with the author's complements". An uncommon and naturally fragile work, traced in ten institutions worldwide. The Lawsons were likely the Edinburgh nurserymen Peter and Charles Lawson of Lawson & Son, founded in 1770: "prominent agricultural nurserymen of the day", whose "prizes for dissection of grasses, for kinds of cereals, and like subjects, were constant reminders of the relations of botanical study to agriculture" (Balfour, p. 47). The units "lb", "s", and "d" have been added in manuscript to each of the seed and price charts, and further minor textual corrections have been made to the sample labels. Moore (1808-1879) was the director of the Royal Dublin Society's Botanic Garden for over 40 years, including across the time of the Great Famine during which he conducted research… Read More