Book ID: 74199
Warner, Brian and John Rourke
Flora Herscheliana. Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838. 1996. (Brenthurst Press, Third Series, volume 2). Many coloured illustrations. XIX,295 p. Large4to. Cloth.
Sir John Herschel (1792-1871) has long been recognized as one ofBritain's great nineteenth-century scientists. His accomplishments inatronomy, mathematics and physics are well known, but the presentpublication focuses on his private interest in botanical matters.