Buy this book on-line Shaw, George : Original Handwritten Notes by George Shaw
Original notes handwritten in black ink on light beige paper by George Shaw. No date, circa 1770s-1813. 4" x 7 1/4." Two pages (one leaf with writing on front and back). Notes are virtually pristine and intact except for slight age toning to the paper and a few small spots of discoloration in the corners. A Fine copy. Original scientific notes handwritten by George Kearsley Shaw (1751-1813), an English naturalist, botanist, and zoologist. His notes are on John Ellis's An Essay Towards the Natural History of the Corallines (1755). The notes are numbered and appear to be mostly, if not entirely, transcriptions of scientific names. Shaw co-founded the Linnean Society in 1788 and became a member of the Royal Society in 1789. Among Shaw's other scientific contributions and achievements were publishing one of the first English-language descriptions (with scientific names) of Australian animals, being one of the first scientists to examine a platypus, and publishing the first scientific description of a platypus (in The Naturalist's Miscellany (1799)). John Ellis (1710-1776) was also a British naturalist and specialized in the study of corals. He became a member of the Royal Society in 1754. Ellis published a number of other scientific essays and was also the first to publish a description of the Venus flytrap with its botanical name. Ellis was also known as Jean Ellis or J. Ellis.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shaw, George : Original Handwritten Notes by George Shaw. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, livres rares, collectables, antiquarian books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |