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Lot 62 Phytologia Britannica
William Howe (1620 - 1656) 
Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana 
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William Howe
1620 - 31.08.1656
William Howe or How was a British botanist and physician.
He studied at St. John's College, Oxford, earning a bachelor's degree and then a master's degree in medicine. He served briefly in the King's army as a cavalry commander, and later returned to the medical profession and practiced in London.
In his Phytologia Britannica, natales exhibens Indigenarum stirpium sponte Emergentium ("Phytology Britannica"), published in London in 1650, William Howe combined Thomas Johnson's catalogs into a single alphabetical list, supplemented with additional plants from other sources. This was the first edition of the book to compile for the first time all the known plants of Britain with descriptions of their occurrence.
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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Date: 19.10.2023 10:00 UTC -04:00
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