Books by BARTON William

1818. BARTON,William P.C. VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL, GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. Volume I. [& II.] Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825-1818. A mixed set: second edition of volume one, printed seven years after the first, and a first edition of volume two. Illustrated with 50 colored engravings (24 in Vol. 1 + 26 in Vol. 2) after drawings by the author, including one folding plat... more information

Philadelphia: Printed and published by M.Carey & Son, 1817-[1818]. 2 volumes in one, 4to. (10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches). 50 hand-coloured engraved plates (1 folding) by Tanner, Vallance & Kerny & Co. (41), J.Boyd (6) or J.G.Warnicke (2) after Barton, the hand colouring executed by Barton and others. (Lacking 'To the binder' leaf from the back of vol.II as usual, usual foxing and browning). Contemporary tree calf, expertly rebacked in to style retaining the original red and black morocco spine ... more information