(NATURAL HISTORY) Elliott Stephen A Sketch of the Botany of

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(NATURAL HISTORY.) Elliott, Stephen. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia. 12 plates. [4], vi, 606, 14; viii, 743 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, later 1/2 morocco by Launder, rubbed at edges; hand-colored bookplates of seed magnate John Lewis Childs, bookseller tags on rear pastedowns. Charleston, SC, 1821-24

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first collected edition. Elliott was a state legislator, a bank president, and a founder of the Medical School of South Carolina. In his free time, he was one of the leading American botanists of his era. "The best work on regional flora before the war"--South Carolina Naturalists, page 10. Includes a 14-page glossary not mentioned in Sabin. Sabin 22276.