A Botanical Dictionary Being A Translation From The French Of Louis Claude Richard Professor Of

by Louis Claude Richard Amos Eaton

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First edition

New-Haven: Hezieiah Howe, 1817. First edition of the first separately published botanical dictionary in the United States, 12mo, pp. vi, 7 -14, 160 ; includes the final leaf of Howe ads for botanical works; recent half calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine; dampstains in gutter, some offsetting; very good and sound. The work was translated by Amos Eaton 1776-1842 who gave up law to study botany, and placed himself under the tutelage of Professors Ives

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