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This work, first published in 1853, grew from a paper describing
the crossing of two Roman roads at Cambridge, and the small Roman
fort at Grantchester. However, other Roman sites were added to the
investigation, and the book came to encompass all the Roman and
other ancient roads of Cambridgeshire, as well as the locations
where Roman coins and other remains had been found. The author,
Charles Cardale Babington (1808 95), is best remembered as the
pupil and assistant of John Stevens Henslow and as his successor in
the chair of botany at Cambridge. However, Babington was also
keenly interested in archaeology, and this fascinating work of
local history is the first substantial account of Roman
Cambridgeshire, describing not only the courses of the various
roads but also finds such as the Roman villa at Comberton, the
Roman cemetery at Trumpington, and large numbers of individual
coins and other artefacts."
Collated by his widow and published in 1897, this collection of
memorials, journal extracts and letters of Charles Cardale
Babington (1808-95) demonstrates the esteem in which he was held by
so many. An influential professor of botany at Cambridge, Babington
left to the university a legacy that included the huge herbarium
that he had partly funded himself, as well as some 1,600 volumes
from his own library. His benevolence and generosity of knowledge,
time and money endeared him to many departments and societies,
while his works on local flora inspired others to produce many of
the county floras that are still used today. His Manual of British
Botany (also reissued in this series) first appeared in 1843 and
made a huge impact on the study of the subject. These collected
writings and tributes will offer students and scholars valuable
insight into the breadth of his scientific interests and
achievements.
First published in 1843, this book ran to eleven editions, with two
published posthumously. Compiled by Cambridge botanist Charles
Cardale Babington (1808 95) over the course of nine years, this was
the first comprehensive catalogue of British plants for nearly a
century and was conveniently pocket-sized for fieldwork. Babington
was by this time the leader in the taxonomical research of higher
plants. Providing both the Latin nomenclature assigned at the time
and the common English or anglicised name, he divides plants
according to the Linnaean natural orders and describes them in
great technical detail. A useful glossary is also included to help
the reader navigate the descriptions. As demonstrated in Memorials,
Journal and Botanical Correspondence (also reissued in this
series), Babington was a highly esteemed and influential scientist.
This is the expanded 1904 ninth edition of his invaluable and
enduring compendium.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
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