Roxburgh, William (1751-1815)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 MSS. 4294-4295 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Roxburgh, William (1751-1815) |
Date(s) | : c1820 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Roxburgh | William | 1751-1815 | botanist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Roxburgh was born 1751 and died 1815. His `Flora Indica' or description of Indian plants was his most important work.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Abbreviated transcript of Roxburgh's 'Flora Indica', a dictionary of Indian plants and shrubs. Arranged in 23 classes: Monandria to Polygamia. With index by a later hand. Volume 1 of 'Flora Indica' as published at Serampore in 1820. It was edited by William Carey (1761-1834) and contained entries of additional plants by Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854). There was a second edition of this Volume 1 in 1824 with more of Wallich's notes, but no further volumes were published until 1832. At that date Carey published the complete work in 3 volumes, but omitting the Wallich notes. This manuscript seems to be a shortened version of the work, with some of Wallich's notes, distinguished by the addition of the letter W. But the descriptions are here somewhat differently set out, and the native names of plants are omitted.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English and Latin.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Finding aids:
Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased at Sotheby's 1923, Lot 639 (accession number 42560).
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
description compiled by Helen Wakely based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
December 2000
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