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An oration, delivered before the Medico-Botanical Society of London, at the commencement of its ninth session, Tuesday, 28th October, 1828; by John Frost, F.R.S. Edin. F.L.S., &c. &c. &c. Dedicated by permission to the King.
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FROST, John (1803--1840)
[Oration. 1828]
An oration, delivered before the Medico-Botanical Society of London, at the commencement of its ninth session, Tuesday, 28th October, 1828; by John Frost, F.R.S. Edin. F.L.S., &c. &c. &c. Dedicated by permission to the King.
London (Place), published by Treuttel, Würtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, booksellers to the Society. Printed by J. Wilson, printer to the Society,, 1828.
34 p. ; 24.5 cm. (4º)
For the charlatanesque career of John Frost, who founded the Medico-Botanical Society of London in 1821, see the DNB. Frost's 1827 Oration is also in Soane's library (q.v.). Soane had been sent a prospectus of the Society (q.v.) with an invitation to join in July 1827 and received his certificate of membership dated 9th November 1827 in due course. (Archive V.D.6/2).
Copy Notes Bound (5) in a collection of orations and addresses.
Binding Later C19th half morocco-grained brown cloth, grey paper boards, spine direct-lettered in gilt 'Orations & Addresses 1821--1836', numbered '54' in a series of pamphlet volumes.
Reference Number 3996
Additional Names Medico-Botanical Society of London
[Oration. 1828]
An oration, delivered before the Medico-Botanical Society of London, at the commencement of its ninth session, Tuesday, 28th October, 1828; by John Frost, F.R.S. Edin. F.L.S., &c. &c. &c. Dedicated by permission to the King.
London (Place), published by Treuttel, Würtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, booksellers to the Society. Printed by J. Wilson, printer to the Society,, 1828.
34 p. ; 24.5 cm. (4º)
For the charlatanesque career of John Frost, who founded the Medico-Botanical Society of London in 1821, see the DNB. Frost's 1827 Oration is also in Soane's library (q.v.). Soane had been sent a prospectus of the Society (q.v.) with an invitation to join in July 1827 and received his certificate of membership dated 9th November 1827 in due course. (Archive V.D.6/2).
Copy Notes Bound (5) in a collection of orations and addresses.
Binding Later C19th half morocco-grained brown cloth, grey paper boards, spine direct-lettered in gilt 'Orations & Addresses 1821--1836', numbered '54' in a series of pamphlet volumes.
Reference Number 3996
Additional Names Medico-Botanical Society of London