[PW] Reference Resources in Great Britain

[Bye, Dan J]

Apparently the first edition was called "Edwards' Herbal", and was reissued as "The British Herbal".

Maybe the library at Kew can help?

They have a section dedicated to botanical illustrations: http://www.kew.org/library/illus.html.

They have a copy of a subsequent edition to the "British Herbal":
http://www.kew.org/library/index.html 

Their OPAC record says he flourished 1768-1795:

"Language code  eng  
Class mark  q635.9  
Personal author  Edwards, John (fl.1768-1795)  
Title  A select collection of one hundred plants : consisting of the most beautiful, exotic and British flowers which blow in our English gardens, accurately drawn and coloured from nature, with their botanic character, and a short account of their cultivation, their uses in medicine, with the Latin and English names / by John Edwards.  
Publisher  London : S. Hooper, 1775.  
Physical description  1, l., 50p., 100 col. plates : col. ill. ; 44 cm.  
Notes  Earlier ed., 1770, has title, "The British herbal."  
Subject  Floriculture.  
Subject  Botanical illustration  
Subject  Great Britain"

Or how about the Royal Horticultural Society:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/Library/

They have copies of a few of Edwards' books, and they also say "fl.1768-1795".

Dan
 

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> Hello, all!  A patron requests an obituary for one John 
> Edwards (1742 - 31 August 1815 Hampstead), an English 
> botanist, painter, designer and illustrator, noted for his 
> serial publication, The British Herbal. She suspects that 
> there may be one in the (London)Times of September 1815. Does 
> anyone know of a library or reference source in Great Britain 
> that might be helpful?
> 
> 
> Richard Mann, Librarian
> San Joaquin Valley Information Service (SJVIS) Fresno County 
> Central Library 2420 Mariposa Street Fresno, CA 93721
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