(NATURAL HISTORY) Henry Muhlenberg Catalogus Plantarum Ameri

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(NATURAL HISTORY.) Henry Muhlenberg. Catalogus Plantarum Americae Septentrionalis . . . Catalogue of the . . . Plants of North America. iv, 108, [113]-122 pages as issued, interleaved with blanks between each page for note-taking. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, worn, front board detached; foxing; inked stamp of early owner W.W. Wister on front flyleaf. Philadelphia: Solomon W. Conrad, 1818

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Second edition, corrected and enlarged. The author, born Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815), was the son of the immigrant Rev. Henry M. Muhlenberg, founder of that large and influential family in America. He was a Lutheran minister but best known as a botanist; this was his first and most influential work. Both Harvard copies of this edition were also bound without any pages numbered 109-112 (leaves P3 and P4). Sabin 51248.