A specimen of the botany of New Holland

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A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland (1793)
by James Edward Smith

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A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland was the first published book on the flora of Australia. Written by James Edward Smith and illustrated by James Sowerby, it was published by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It consists of 16 colour plates of paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by John White, and around 40 pages of accompanying text. It was presented as the first volume in a series, but no further volumes were released.

120381A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland1793James Edward Smith

BY

JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S.

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF TURIN, UPSAL, STOCKHOLM AND LISBON;
CORRESPONDENT OF THOSE OF MONTPELLIER AND DAUPHINY, &c. &c.

PRESIDENT OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY.

THE FIGURES BY JAMES SOWERBY, F.L.S.

"Tendebantque manus ripæ ulterioris amore" Virg.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. DAVIS.
PUBLISHED BY J. SOWERBY, NO. 2, MEAD PLACE, LAMBETH; TO BE HAD
AT NO. 42, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND OF THE TOWN
AND COUNTRY BOOKSELLERS.

M.DCC.XCIII.

TO

THOMAS WILSON, ESQ. F.L.S.

AT WHOSE PERSUASION

THIS WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN,

AND

ON WHOSE FRIENDLY COMMUNICATIONS

IT IS FOUNDED,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES

ARE INSCRIBED

BY THE AUTHOR.

Chapters (not listed in original)

Preface
Billardiera scandens
Tetratheca juncea
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Banksia spinulosa
Goodenia ramosissima
Platylobium formosum
Embothrium speciosissimum
Embothrium silaifolium
Embothrium sericeum
Embothrium buxifolium
Pimelea linifolia
Pultenaea stipularis
Eucalyptus robusta
Styphelia tubiflora
Mimosa myrtifolia
Mimosa hispidula

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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