first edition 49 copper-engraved plates by George Dionysius Ehret. viii, 503, [646, Index] pp. 1 vols. Folio
1789 · London
by (JAMAICA) Browne, Patrick
London: Sold by B. White and Son, 1789. Third edition (first edition was 1756). 49 copper-engraved plates by George Dionysius Ehret. viii, 503, [646, Index] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in contemporary diced calf, rebacked. Bookplate of Clarence Dillon, Dunwalke Library, and with a note that it comes from the Library of Owen D. Young, Esq. Third edition (first edition was 1756). 49 copper-engraved plates by George Dionysius Ehret. viii, 503, [646, Index] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Browne was an Irish physician who lived for several years in the West Indies and settled in Jamaica in 1746. This is his major work, particularly valuable for its contribution to botany. Sabin 8671; Nissen BBl 255; Cundal Bibliographia Jamaicensis 416
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