Oct 10, 2002 - Sale 1946

Sale 1946 - Lot 399

Price Realized: $ 2,070
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
AMERICAN BOTANICAL CORNERSTONE (VIRGINIA.) Gronovius, Johannes Fridericus; and Clayton, John. Flora Virginica exhibens Plantas. Folding map. 4to, contemporary calf, worn; minor soiling, wide margins; ex-library, with ink stamp removed from dedication leaf. Leiden, 1762
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Third Edition of this important work of Natural History using binomial nomenclature. It is the first edition to include a map of Virginia. Clayton collected numerous Virginia plants, particularly in the middle Tidewater region, and corresponded with several naturalists about his findings, including Gronovius, Linnaeus, Kalm, and others. Sabin 28924; Pritzel 3607; Hunt 571; JCB I, 1316.<