Lot 137
Royal Botanic Gardens--Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley
Auction: 16 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
£360
Description
Scottish ferns, album so lettered on spine of original ferns mounted on leaves, captioned in ink, original red morocco gilt, 39 specimens, album 38 x 28cms, binding lightly rubbed
Footnote
Note:Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853-1922), Professor of Botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Balfour reformed the gardens, establishing a proper botanical institute, and largely redeveloped the layout of the gardens in order to have a proper arboretum, building new laboratories and improving scientific facilities.
Provenance: Mrs Marjoribanks, gift of Isaac Bayley Balfour, Xmas 1872, inscription.