English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants / text by James Edward Smith ; the figures by James Sowerby.

Greenford, Middlesex : Glaxo Laboratories, 1979-1981.

14 unnumbered plates : color illustrations ; in folder 25 x 20 cm

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The folder and plates (showing a selection of plants, some used in medicine) were sent to GP's in the UK over 2 years by Glaxo Laboratories Ltd. as pharmaceutical advertising. A variety of their drugs are advertised on the reverse of the prints

Folder issued in October 1979. Plates issued in September 1979 (6), May 1980 (6), September 1980 (1) and April 1981 (1)

"Subjects selected by Dr. E. A. Ellis from a first edition copy of 'English Botany'. Illustrated by James Sowerby with original text by Sir James Smith"

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Elspet Rivett