NORTH AMERICAN BOTANY; Comprising the Native and Common Cultivated Plants, North of Mexico.... In the Present Edition the Author is Associated with John Wright...Eighth Edition; With the very valuable additions of the Properties of Plants, from Lindley's New Medical Flora.
Troy, NY: Elias Gates, 1840. Thick 8vo. 7, 625 pp. Contemporary brown calf rubbed and worn, gilt stamped black morocco spine label. Index in the back damp-stained. Amos Eaton (1776-1842) originally studied law, but became increasingly interested in the natural sciences. By 1815, he was studying under Professors Ives and Silliman at Yale. He began giving public lectures on botany in the towns of western Massachusetts, and was the author of several books on the subject. [see his biography in the DAB]. Item #67372
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