Elements of botany: or Outlines of the natural history of vegetables : Illustrated by thirty plates. / By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. professor of materia medica, natural history, and botany, in the University of Pennsylvania.

Author/creator Barton, Benjamin Smith
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for the author, 1803.
Descriptionxii, 2 unnumbered pages, 302, 32, 168, 16, 25-38 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, XXX leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Other author/creatorBartram, William, 1739-1823 illustrator.
Other author/creatorTiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832 engraver.
Other author/creatorTanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorShallus, Francis engraver.
Other author/creatorJones, Benjamin, active 1798-1815, engraver.
Other author/creatorFox, Gilbert, 1776-1807?, engraver.
Other author/creatorLawson, Alexander, 1773-1846 engraver.
Other author/creatorSeymour, Joseph H., engraver.
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 3763. ^A575643
General noteIn three parts, and an appendix; each paged separately.
General note"The greater number of the plates ... have been engraved from the original drawings of Mr. William Bartram."--preface, p. x.
General notePlates engraved variously by C. Tiebout, B. Tanner, F. Shallus, B. Jones, G. Fox, Lawson, and J.H. Seymour.
General noteDedicated "to the students of medicine, in the University of Pennsylvania, and to the lovers and cultivators of natural history, in every part of the United-States."
General noteLast page blank.
General note"University of Pennsylvania. The lectures on botany commence, annually, about the middle of April, and terminate in the first week of July."--p. [ii].
General note"University of Pennsylvania. The lectures on materia medica, and those on natural history, commence, annually, in the first week of November, and terminate in the first week of March."--p. [iv].
General note"Corrections and additions, in part I."--p. [xiv].
General note"Directions to the binder."--p. [39], 5th count.
General note"Preparing for the press, The anatomy and physiology of the rattle-snake, and other North-American serpents. ..."--p. [40], 5th count.
General note"The elements of botany, as well as the following works, by the same author, may be had of him, or of Mr. Conrad, Mr. Dobson, Mr. Nichols, and other booksellers in Philadelphia, and of Messrs. Swords, in New-York. ..."--p. [41], 5th count.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 3763
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 3763).
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