Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of The Indigenous Plants and Common Cultivated Exotics, Growing North of the Gulf of Mexico
Albany: Oliver Steele, 1833. Sixth Edition, with the addition of the most approved Natural Arrangement of Genera: Also, their Etymologies and Accentuation. Octavo, x, 401, 137, [1] pages, period full leather with gilt bands and label to spine. Eaton’s Manual of Botany, for North America is an important early American botanical manual, offering generic and specific descriptions of indigenous plants and commonly cultivated exotics found north of the Gulf of Mexico. Written by Amos Eaton, the influential American botanist, geologist, educator, and early figure at the Rensselaer School, the work reflects the rapid growth of practical scientific study in the United States during the early 19th century. This sixth edition, published in Albany by Oliver Steele in 1833, belongs to Eaton’s expanding series of botanical manuals that helped introduce generations of American students, naturalists, physicians, and amateur collectors to plant classification, botanical terminology, and field identification. A desirable early American natural history title, with particular appeal for collectors of botany, American science education, Albany imprints, and 19th-century botanical reference works. Hinges starting to crack, a few pages with creases, some scattered foxing and discoloration, rubbing and wear, a few scuffs, else in good + condition. Item #351
Price: $150.00