A collection of fragments of 300 dried plant specimens mounted on 18 leaves of early 18th century paper, loosely contained within a blank folio volume entitled "Specimina Plantarium Vol. 1", circa 1750, each mounted plant specimen with reference number in manuscript, initials F.M. at foot of each paper leaf (sheet size approximately 33.5 x 21cm), includes loosely inserted 8 page manuscript list "A Collection of Plants, F.M." with corresponding numbered common names of each plant specimen included in the volume (list includes cultivated and wild plants), volume containing 143 leaves of blank laid paper, worm trail to initial few leaves at foot, front pastedown with signature of botanist Richard Warner 1750 (crossed through) and armorial bookplate of Richard Warner of Woodford Row, Essex, contemporary reversed calf, joints slpit and some wear, some ties broken, large folio (volume leaf size 49 x 30cm) Richard Warner (1713?-1775) was a noted botanist and classical & Shakespearean scholar. He was born in London, the third son of John Warner, goldsmith and banker. He entered Wadham College, Oxford in 1730 and graduated in 1734. For some time he kept chambers at Lincoln's Inn, but resided for the main at his family home at Woodford Green, Essex, where he kept a botanical garden and successfully cultivated rare and exotic plants. In 1748 Warner received a visit from Pehr Kalm, the pupil of Linn�us who was travelling to North America. Warner soon after received from the Cape of Good Hope a Cape jasmine plant specimen which flowered for the first time in his stove. The suggestion was put forward that the plant should be named Warneria, but Warner objected to this and the name Gardenia was decided upon instead. In 1771 his best known work, 'Plant� Woodfordienses: Catalogue of Plants growing spontaneously about Woodford' was published. In addition to Warner's botanical studies he was also an important Shakespearean scholar, who owned all four 17th century folio editions of Shakespeare's works. Warner died unmarried on 11 April 1775 and bequeathed the bulk of his property to Jervoise Clark, the widower of his niece Kitty, only child of his brother Robert. Warner had been a director of the East India Company and left one hundred pounds to their hospital at Poplar. He also left fifty pounds to David Garrick His botanical and natural history books and drawing collection was bequeathed to Wadham College, and three hundred pounds to found a botanical exhibition at the college. Warner's book collection at Wadham included several notable botanical works, interleaved copies of Shakespeare and some small collections of dried plants etc. "An Account of the Herbarium of the University of Oxford", published by the Clarendon Press in 1897 refers to the collection of Richard Warner. Of particular note is the reference made to "Specimina Plantarum, two large folio volumes bound in rough leather. Vol I, labelled 'R. Warner, 1750', contains 300 small specimens of British plants without names or localities; vol. ii is empty". It would appear that the volume offered in this lot is the first volume referred to in this listing. (1)
A collection of fragments of 300 dried plant specimens mounted on 18 leaves of early 18th century paper, loosely contained within a blank folio volume entitled "Specimina Plantarium Vol. 1", circa 1750, each mounted plant specimen with reference number in manuscript, initials F.M. at foot of each paper leaf (sheet size approximately 33.5 x 21cm), includes loosely inserted 8 page manuscript list "A Collection of Plants, F.M." with corresponding numbered common names of each plant specimen included in the volume (list includes cultivated and wild plants), volume containing 143 leaves of blank laid paper, worm trail to initial few leaves at foot, front pastedown with signature of botanist Richard Warner 1750 (crossed through) and armorial bookplate of Richard Warner of Woodford Row, Essex, contemporary reversed calf, joints slpit and some wear, some ties broken, large folio (volume leaf size 49 x 30cm) Richard Warner (1713?-1775) was a noted botanist and classical & Shakespearean scholar. He was born in London, the third son of John Warner, goldsmith and banker. He entered Wadham College, Oxford in 1730 and graduated in 1734. For some time he kept chambers at Lincoln's Inn, but resided for the main at his family home at Woodford Green, Essex, where he kept a botanical garden and successfully cultivated rare and exotic plants. In 1748 Warner received a visit from Pehr Kalm, the pupil of Linn�us who was travelling to North America. Warner soon after received from the Cape of Good Hope a Cape jasmine plant specimen which flowered for the first time in his stove. The suggestion was put forward that the plant should be named Warneria, but Warner objected to this and the name Gardenia was decided upon instead. In 1771 his best known work, 'Plant� Woodfordienses: Catalogue of Plants growing spontaneously about Woodford' was published. In addition to Warner's botanical studies he was also an important Shakespearean scholar, who owned all four 17th century folio editions of Shakespeare's works. Warner died unmarried on 11 April 1775 and bequeathed the bulk of his property to Jervoise Clark, the widower of his niece Kitty, only child of his brother Robert. Warner had been a director of the East India Company and left one hundred pounds to their hospital at Poplar. He also left fifty pounds to David Garrick His botanical and natural history books and drawing collection was bequeathed to Wadham College, and three hundred pounds to found a botanical exhibition at the college. Warner's book collection at Wadham included several notable botanical works, interleaved copies of Shakespeare and some small collections of dried plants etc. "An Account of the Herbarium of the University of Oxford", published by the Clarendon Press in 1897 refers to the collection of Richard Warner. Of particular note is the reference made to "Specimina Plantarum, two large folio volumes bound in rough leather. Vol I, labelled 'R. Warner, 1750', contains 300 small specimens of British plants without names or localities; vol. ii is empty". It would appear that the volume offered in this lot is the first volume referred to in this listing. (1)
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