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MACNAUGHTON, DONALD A. Roscoe of Liverpool: his life, writings and treasures, 1753-1831
Countyvise, Birkenhead, 1996, 1st paperback edition.Paper covers.0 9077668 92 X.New/New.Modern biography of Liverpool's principal cultural impresario, politician, connoisseur of art, botanist, lawyer and much else.The author, a descendent, presents a competent though not very original rehash of Roscoe's life story, thankfully without the padding of Chandler's earlier work.The book does not do justice to Roscoe's botanical achievements, merely crediting him with the foundation of the botanic garden and failing to emphasise the importance of his monograph Monandrian Plants.The author went on to rewrite the account of Roscoe for the New Oxford DNB.v, 176 pp. well illustrated in monochrome. In English.
Offered for GBP 9.00 = appr. US$ 14.72 by: Acanthophyllum Books - Book number: 2748
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