MEMORIALS OF JOHN BARTRAM AND HUMPHREY MARSHALL. WITH NOTICES OF THEIR BOTANICAL CONTEMPORARIES.
Darlington, William:
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1849. 585pp. plus four plates. Half title. Original blindstamped cloth, expertly rebacked. Ownership inscription of Benjamin Silliman, Jr. on half title. An early duplicate released from Yale's Sheffield Library, with canceled bookplate. Good. In a cloth case, leather label. An interesting overview of early American botany through the correspondence of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall with such contemporaries as Peter Collinson, Franklin, Mark Catesby, and others. SERVIES 3454.
(Item ID: WRCAM25322) $425.00